GRAPHIC ART OF THE ESKIMOS. 953 



3. With the index and secoud fin<;er8 of both hands extended, i)lace them together 

 80 tliat they cross about the first joints, the riglit index above. 

 Man. 



1. Pretend to catch the ends of the mustache with the hands and twist them out- 

 ward from the face to rigiit and left. 



2. Pull the fingers and thumbs over the sides of the ui)per lip as if twistiug and 

 pulling outward a long mustache, then throw the right hand, palm forward, before 

 the right shoulder, pointing upward. 



Man (old). 



Place the finger tips of the slightly curved hands together before the chin, though 

 about 6 inches from it, palms toward the jaw, then puss them upward toward their 

 respective sides of the head; then imitate walking with a staff, by passing the 

 closed fist edgewise forward and downward in a circle several times. 

 Many. 



Slap the palms quickly toward one another before the breast, fingers pointing 

 upward and naturally extended and separated. Refers to "many-times counted- 

 fingers." 

 Moon. 



Close the eyes while indicating a circle with the hands aboA'c and in front of the 

 head; then pass the flat hand, edgewise, out toward the front and right from the 

 center of the breast. 

 Mother. 



Close the hands, incline the head forward, then pass the hands upward from the 

 back of the head, forward, and downward toward the forehead, the motion corre- 

 sponding to the curve of the head, but the hands about 3 or 4 inches from it. 

 MOTHEK. 



Make the sign for woman, and to be born. 

 Mother'.s brother. 



Make the sign mother [i. e. n'omen, to be horn, and mine], then for tall, by indicating 

 height with the flat hand palm down; man, by elevating the hand, and that for 

 mustache. 

 Mother's sister. 



Make the signs for mother [woman, to be horn, and mine^ and younf/ woman ; conclude 

 by throwing the fist with the thumb extended in a pointed manner a little to the 

 right, indicating hers. 



MUSKRAT. 



Curve the left fingers and thumb and bring the tips almost to a point, leaving a 

 slight opening, palm down, and horizontal, finger tips pointing toward the right; 

 then bring the extended index pointing from the left side directly toward the left, 

 in an upward curve first, then downward and forward into the opening left at the tip 

 of the left. 

 Night. 



Incline the head toward the breast with the eyes closed, and place the flat and 

 slightly bent hands with the palms down before the brows, the finger tips almost 

 touching. 

 No. 



Place the curved hands edgewise with the backs forward, the fingers touching 

 and pointing toward the breast, then throw them outward toward their respective 

 sides a short distance, though rather smartly. 

 Nothing. (Have nothing.) 



Throw the extended hands hori.'.ontally forward and outward toward their respec 

 five sides from a position before the breast. 

 Ocean. 



Make the sign for big, broad, and that for kaiak — indicating double-bladed paddle. 



