12 b 



Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



Opening C — 



Loop over the thumb and index of each hand. With the backs of the little 

 fingers from below push back the radial thumb strings, then hook their palms 

 down over the ulnar index strings. (See fig. 2.) 



Fig. 2 



Katilluik — 



Katilluik (Barrow katCK-uik, or kdtiK-uyik, "put two things together") is a 

 movement which can take place only at a later stage in the evolution of a figure. 

 It necessitates separate loops on each thumb and index, and describes the trans- 

 ferring of the left thumb loop from the proximal side to the right thumb (or 

 vice-versa, according to which loop lies outside the other). The left thumb is 

 then inserted, also from the proximal side, into both the right thumb loops. 

 Draw the thumbs apart, then with each thumb from the proximal side take up 

 the radial index string of its hand, navaho the thumbs and drop the index Loops. 



The Mackenzie delta term for this movement is neovektCK-uyik which has the 

 same meaning. Strictly speaking, both terms refer to the first stage of the 

 movement only, the combining of the loops on the thumbs. For an example of 

 the complete movement see No. I, "the two brown bears." 



For the drawings of all the figures in this paper I am indebted to Mr. O. E. 

 Prud'homme, artist of the Victoria Memorial Museum, Ottawa. 



Aspirate h 



Accents — 



• inverted period, indicates a lengthening of the preceding consonant or vowel. 

 ' after a vowel, indicates the main stress. 

 ' indicates a glottal stop. 



