. Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18. Scientific expeditions. 44 b Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 Two Spirits of the Lake Position 1. With the palm of the right middle finger take up the opposite palmar string and return. With the palm of the left middle finger similariy take up the right palmar string just before it passes behind the little finger. Pass the indices down on the proximal side of the middle finger and radial little finger strings and with their palms take up the ulnar little finger strings. Continue as in the single "spirit of the lake," only executi
. Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18. Scientific expeditions. 44 b Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 Two Spirits of the Lake Position 1. With the palm of the right middle finger take up the opposite palmar string and return. With the palm of the left middle finger similariy take up the right palmar string just before it passes behind the little finger. Pass the indices down on the proximal side of the middle finger and radial little finger strings and with their palms take up the ulnar little finger strings. Continue as in the single "spirit of the lake," only executing all the move- ments with both hands instead of with the left hand only. At the conclusion drop first the middle finger loops, then the index loops. You have a "spirit" or a "mammoth" on each side. (To unravel drop the thimab loops.). Fig. 43 XXXIV. Fish Nibbling at a Hook This figure is merely a variation of the single "spirit of the lake" or "mam- ; I have seen it only among the Copper Eskimos, who call it mikijatciaq, "a small ; The Mackenzie natives give this name mikiydtdaq to an entirely different figure which is known to the Copper Eskimos under the name of mviyaqtuaqtj'yyuk (see No. CXVIII). The Copper Eskimo figure of "fish nibbling at the hook" is the same as that given by Dr. Gordon from the Anvik Eskimos of Alaska with the name "lake ; Position 1. Bring the hands together and with the back of the right index take up the left palmar string and 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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