cuuix] RING AND PIN: ESKIMO 545 
middle line must be caught. The three holes on the neck of the bear are 
double, one crossing vertically, the other slanting backward, but both ending 
in one hole on the neck. After the mouth has been caught upon the stick the 
vertical hole in the neck is the next, then the oblique one, and so on down the 
middle line of the animal’s body. If, in the first part of the game, the player 
Fic. 71s. 
Fic. 717. Ivory carving representing head of fox, used in the game ajegaung, 1/1; Central 
Eskimo, Cumberland sound, Baffin land, Franklin; cat.no. IV A 6820, Museum fiir Vélkerkunde, 
Berlin; from Boas. 
Fic. 718. Ivory carving representing polar bear, used in the game of ajegaung, 23; Central 
Eskimo, Cumberland sound, Baffin land, Franklin; cat.no. IV A 6819, Museum fiir Vilkerkunde, 
Berlin; from Boas. 
misses twice, he must give up the pieces to his neighbor, who then takes his turn. 
In the second part he is allowed to play on as long as he catches in any hole, 
even if it be not the right one, but as soon as he misses he must give it up. 
After having caught one hole he proceeds to the next, and the player who first 
finishes all the holes has won the game. 
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