)6S 



THE CENTRAL ESKIMO. 



others men or women. The players sit around a board or a piece 

 of leather and the figure:; are shaken in the hand and thrown up- 

 ward. On falling, some stand ixpright, others lie flat on the back or 

 on the side. Those standing upi-ii;]it bcldug to that player whom 

 they face; sometimes they are sd tln'owii tliat they all belong to the 

 one who tossed them up. The players thr(nv by turns until the last 

 figure is taken up, the one getting the greatest number of the figures 

 being the winner. 



Game of nuglutang, (Museum tur Volkerkunde, Berl 



A favorite game is the nuglutang (Fig. 533). A small, rlioni- 

 boidal plate of ivory with a hole in the center is hung from 

 the roof and steadied by a heavy stone or a piece of ivory hanging 

 from its lower end. The Eskimo stand around it and when the 

 winner of the last game gives a signal every one tries to hit the 

 hole with a stick. The one who succeeds has won. This game is 

 always played amid great excitement. 



The saketan resembles a roulette. A leather cup witli a rounded 



