Eskimo String Figures 21 b 



With the backs of the little fingers from the proximal side push back both 

 the ulnar thumb strings, then hook their palms over the radial index strings. 



With the palms of the indices from the distal side draw through the upper 

 transverse string. 



Navaho the thumbs, then katilluik them. You have "the evil spirit with 

 his hook," the "hook" being the short horizontal loop in the middle of the figure. 



XII. Two Men Hauling on a Sled 



This name, noqitoyyuk, or "two men hauling on a sled," was assigned to 

 the figure by some Eskimos from the west end of Coronation gulf. Some natives 

 from Bathurst inlet, however, at the eastern end of the gulf, called it numiy- 

 aqtoyyuk, or "two men having a tug-of-war in a dance house." 



Opening A. 



Pass the indices into the thumb loops from the distal side and remove its loops. 



With the thumbs from the proximal side take up the two ulnar index strings 

 and drop the index loops. 



With the indices from the distal side remove the little finger loops. 



With the backs of the little fingers from below push back the two ulnar 

 thumb strings, then hook their palms down over the radial index strings. 



With the palms of the indices from the distal side draw through the upper 

 transverse string, and drop that loop from the thumbs. 



Katilluik the thumbs. 



You have the "two men hauling on a sled." 



Fig. 15 



XIII. The Little Old Man 



This figure and its developments have rather a curious distribution. In its 

 simplest form you have what an Inland Eskimo from the Colville river called 

 ayayuqaqcyayuluk, "the little old man;" he accompanied it with a chant. An- 

 other Inland native, who lived farther east, in the region of the Endicott moun- 

 tains, called it by the same name, but accompanied it by a slightly- different chant. 

 A Mackenzie native also gave it the same name, but his chant was different 

 again from either of the other two; moreover, whereas the Inland natives had 



