GRAPHIC ART OF THE ESKIMOS. 957 



Tribal signs (Tai'-aut) [Aleutiau]. 



Hold the hands edgewise aud about 8 inches apart, pointing horizontally forward, 

 then pass the hands forward and gradually to a point representing the sharp bow of 

 a boat; then place the two lists, palms forward, as high as and forward from the 

 shoulders, throw both hands downward, backward, and outward toward the loft, 

 then similarly to the right side, retaining the relative distance between the hands 

 always — manner of using the double-blade paddle. 

 TianAL SIGNS (Ti-nai'-na) [Tenau Kutchin]. 



Both hands Hat and edgewise, pointing horizontally forward; place the wrists 

 together, the fingers and palms directed outward, forming an angle of about 40^ ; 

 then pass the hands forward and outward and inward again until the finger tips 

 join — outline of wooden boat; then imitate movement as if working single paddle, 

 as in the sign for Kadiak. 

 Tribal signs (Tiai'na). 



Make the sign for man [mustache]; then make the sign for _/( re as high upward, 

 from near the ground, as the lace. 



"The men who have big fires." 

 Whale. 



Bend the flat right hand edgewise toward the ulna; place it before the right side 

 pointing upward and to the front, allowing the thumb to be erected slightly so that 

 the tij) points upward ; then pass the hand upward, forward, aud downward, describ- 

 ing a curve with the convexity above. At the same time, accompany the movement 

 vpith a sound represented by "piu' from a higher to a lower note, embracing about 

 six notes. 



"Movement of whale and sound." 

 Wife, My. 



Make the sign for wovian, earring — with both hands and ears — and conclude by 

 making that for sleep. 

 Wind. 



Throw both palms alternately forward from the corresponding sides of the body, 

 and blow violently with the mouth. 

 Winter. 



Place the flat hands with spread fingers as high as the head and about 2 feet before 

 it, finger tips touching, then pass them in downward curves outward toward their 

 respective sides — form of hut; then hold the left flat hand aud forearm pointing 

 horizontally toward the right, and pass the right hand, palm down, forward, under 

 and beyond the left arm, when the right hand again rises a little. Conception: 

 Entering iy a deep channel — underground. 

 Wolf. 



Throw the right hand (or both right and left) directly forward from the face, with 

 the fingers spread, and as the hand reaches arm's length clinch the thumb and 

 fingers; at the same time open the mouth to the fullest extent and force out the 

 breath audibly and snap the teeth. 

 Woman. 



Pass the partly flexed hands from the top of the head downward toward their 

 respective shoulders. The hands follow the outline of the head aud shoulders, but 

 do not touch them. Conception: Longhair. 

 Woman (old). 



Make the sign for woman; then hold the closed hand before the face, palm for- 

 ward, the index being raised and bent toward the front. "Curved and bent of 

 body of an old person." 

 Yes. 



Nod the head forward until the chin touches the breast, once or twice. 



