. Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18. Scientific expeditions. Eskimo String Figures 13 b Eskimo String Figures. PART I FIGURES BEGINNING WITH OPENING A SECTION I. FIGURES KNOWN ALL ALONG THE NORTH COAST SUBSECTION A. THE BROWN BEAR CYCLE AND KINDRED FIGURES I. The Two Bbown Bears This figure is known to the Diomede Islanders as "the two caribou without their horns"; at Point Hope and Barrow it is called akhxk—"the two brown ; , The same name is given to it by the Inland Eskimos between Barrow andthe Mackenzie river, and by the Mackenzie river natives; th
. Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18. Scientific expeditions. Eskimo String Figures 13 b Eskimo String Figures. PART I FIGURES BEGINNING WITH OPENING A SECTION I. FIGURES KNOWN ALL ALONG THE NORTH COAST SUBSECTION A. THE BROWN BEAR CYCLE AND KINDRED FIGURES I. The Two Bbown Bears This figure is known to the Diomede Islanders as "the two caribou without their horns"; at Point Hope and Barrow it is called akhxk—"the two brown ; , The same name is given to it by the Inland Eskimos between Barrow andthe Mackenzie river, and by the Mackenzie river natives; the latter make a slight variation in the final movements which nevertheless produces the same result, The Copper Eskimos follow the Mackenzie natives in this respect, and call the finished figure akayyuk, a word the same meaning, "the two brown ; In Cumberland sound a native who made the figure for Boas wrote its name aktakjew or aktin, the meaning of which I do not know. There is no figure more widely known among the western Eskimos, and the Barrow and Inland natives commonly challenge each other to a contest of speed in producing it. The Alaskan method of producing "the bears" is given first: Opening A. With the thumbs from the proximal side remove the index loops. With the indices from the distal side remove the little finger loops. Pass the little fingers from the proximal side, from below, into the proximal thumb loops and into the index loops, hook them over the radial index string, and hold it firmly against the palms. Pass the indices over the distal thumb loops and with their palms draw the upper transverse string through each index loop, thereby navahoing the indices. Navaho the Fig. 3 Katilluik the thumb loops, and remove the new thumb loops to the indices. From each hand a string runs from the ulnar index string to loop round the lower transverse string near the middle. Take each up with the back of the nearer thumb from
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