GRAPHIC ART OF THE ESKIMOS. 951 



Give, Tt) axotiiek. 



Place the thumb upon the iuner surface of the index, fingers extended and joined, 

 palm up, and pass the hand outward to one side, as if giving a small object held by 

 the thumb and index. 



Give, To me. 



Place the hand with the palm up, fingers extended and joined, about 2 feet before 

 the body ; then, as it is brought in toward the breast, curve the hand slightly, placing 

 the thumb against the index as if grasping some object which had been given. 

 Give, To, to anothek. (Granting a request. ) 



Place the tips of the fingers against the edge of the thumb, thus closing the hand 

 naturally, and pass* it from near the side of the breast in a curve outward and down- 

 ward toward the ground, as if laying a gift at the feet of the supplicant. 

 Good. 



Place the hands with the palm downward before their respective sides of the 

 breast and as high as the shoulders, the fingers naturally separated, extended, and 

 slightly curved ; then pass them rapidly and alternately toward the top of the breast, 

 at the same time assuming a pleased countenance with the brows arched. 

 Grass. 



Place the backs of the hands near the earth, the fingers separated and curved 

 upward; then, as the hands are thrust up and down quickly, they also move from 

 side to side or place to place. Conceptions: Sprouting, short vegetation, and the area 

 thus covered. 

 Grave, Child's. 



(1) Place the flat hands edgewise before the body as high as the shoulders, then 

 pass them downward toward the ground for a distance of about 15 inches ; then place 

 the right hand edgewise at arm's length before the breast, pointing toward the left, 

 the left between it and the breast, edgewise and pointing toward the right, then 

 pass both downward as far as before; (2) tlien hold the separated and extended 

 index and second fingers of the right hand before the face and push it upward a 

 short distance; (3) make the sign for ivritc; (4) place the fiat hand or hands palm 

 down, pointing forward about 18 inches from the ground; then ccmclude with the 

 (5) sign for dead. 



Habitation. (Medicine Lodge. Kacigi.) 



Indicate a large horizontal square (exaggerated sign for box); then make tlie sign 

 for roof (high) by passing the flat hands, from a point above and in front of the head, 

 outward toward their respective sides and as far down as the waist, finger tips 

 l)ointing to place of starting; make the sign for man (mustache), indicate one by 

 elevating the index, then raise the second finger — two; then the third — three; and 

 finally the little one— four; then make the sign for entering a house by passing the 

 right flat hand, pointing, forward and slightly downward under the left flat palm, 

 forward nearly to arm's length; then make the sign for man (mustache), and that 

 for how, indicate tivo, three, four, and entering the lodge as before, then place them to 

 fonr corners of the imaginary building. 



Make the signs for shaman (abbreviated), four, and come, by bringing the curved 

 though elevated index from the front and right to before the breiist; then pass the 

 right flat hand horizontally forward under the left palm also, to indicate entering the 

 Lodge. 



Indicate a large horizontal circle' with both hands from nearly at arm's length 

 backward toward the body; then make the sign for man (mustache), and move the 

 body up and down and place the hands to the front and sides as if dancing around 

 the circle just indicated. 

 Hot (weather). 



Pass the slightly bent hands, palms downward, from before the cheeks, upward 

 and outward as far as the top of the head. At the same time expel the breath 

 several times, as in Ha ! Ha ! but not above a whisper. 



