. Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18. Scientific expeditions. Eskimo String Figures 29 b XVIII. Two Dogs Feeding Out of One Bowl This figure is known from the Kobuk river in northern Alaslta all along the coast to Coronation gulf. The Alaskan natives call it "two dogs feeding out of one bowl" (poyiitaq atautaq qi'miayuk dluptuk). In the Mackenzie the natives say: qim-ik ukwak aluk ukwak iUyman quqciyik, "Those two dogs, those who are feeding, when he—their master— came in he cried quq quq to drive them ; The Coronation gulf natives call the figure qim-ik d
. Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18. Scientific expeditions. Eskimo String Figures 29 b XVIII. Two Dogs Feeding Out of One Bowl This figure is known from the Kobuk river in northern Alaslta all along the coast to Coronation gulf. The Alaskan natives call it "two dogs feeding out of one bowl" (poyiitaq atautaq qi'miayuk dluptuk). In the Mackenzie the natives say: qim-ik ukwak aluk ukwak iUyman quqciyik, "Those two dogs, those who are feeding, when he—their master— came in he cried quq quq to drive them ; The Coronation gulf natives call the figure qim-ik dluktoyyuk, "two dogs ; Make "the little ; With the backs of the index fingers push out the two strings that form on each side the sides of the triangle, hook their palms over the base of the triangle, and point them out again. Katilluik the thumbs. Remove the thumb loops to the indices from the distal side and circle them clockwise. You have "the two dogs ; (Drop the index loops and you have "the little finger" again.). Fig. 23 XIX. The Young Man Feeding his Dog (Inland Eskimos of North Alaska) This figure is a combination of the two preceding. With the left index take up the base of the triangle in the same manner as in "the two youths," with the right index as in "the two ; Continue as in those figures, and you have "the young man" on one side and "the dog" on the other. (Drop the index loops and you have "the little finger" again.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Canadian Arctic Expedition (1913-1918). Ottawa, F. A. Acland, Printer to the King
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