. Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18. Scientific expeditions. Eskimo String Figures 45 b XXXV. The Post This figure is known to the Inland Eskimos , but no one seemed to be quite certain what the word meant. One native explained it as derived from miluhtuaq, "she suckles a ; Another said that he thought it meant the leaf of the convolvulus. In the Mackenzie river region, however, it is called sukayotaluk, "the door post," and continued on to produce "the white fox" which ran away when the post fell. The Copper Eskimos, who seem no
. Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18. Scientific expeditions. Eskimo String Figures 45 b XXXV. The Post This figure is known to the Inland Eskimos , but no one seemed to be quite certain what the word meant. One native explained it as derived from miluhtuaq, "she suckles a ; Another said that he thought it meant the leaf of the convolvulus. In the Mackenzie river region, however, it is called sukayotaluk, "the door post," and continued on to produce "the white fox" which ran away when the post fell. The Copper Eskimos, who seem not to know the development into "the fox," called the first figure cukayyuk, "the two sticks which support the ; Opening A. , Pass the thumbs over the other strings and from the proximal side take up the ulnar little finger string and return. Push the index loops through each other and interchange them on the indices. With the thumbs from the proximal side take up the radial index strings and navaho the thumbs. Press down the ulnar index strings and you have "the breast," conical in shape with the nipple below; or, by another interpretation the two perpendicular strings immediately below are "the ; This is the completion of the first Fig. 45 The Mackenzie Eskimos at this stage say: cukayotaluk teriyan-idlum imnayavahn ukyoin "Door-post, the white fox is about to urinate against you. Fall on ; Drop the thumb loops. "The post" has fallen, and you are left with an upper and a lower transverse string and two diagonal strings that loop round each other in the middle. Transfer the right index loop to the thumb. With the right thumb from the proximal side remove the little finger loop. Pass the right little finger into the right thumb loops from the proximal side, press down the ulnar strings, allow the transverse string to slip off, then hook the little finger down over it. With the back of the righ
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