30 b 



Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



XX. An Adze = ulimaun (Inland Eskimos of North Alaska) 



Make "the little finger." 



With the backs of the indices take up the two side strings of the triangle 

 and point them outw&rds, withdrawing the thumbs from their loops. 



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



Insert the middle fingers from the distal side in the middle under the trans- 

 verse strings and close them against the palms. 



Katilluik the thumbs, but without dropping the index loops at the last. 



Release the middle fingers, and placing the tips of the thumbs together, 

 draw them out towards you. The four strings running side by side to the centre 

 are the handle of "the adze," the triangle at the bottom its blade. 



(Drop all but the little finger loops and you have "the little finger" again) 



Fig. 25 



XXI. The Beaver 



At Cape Prince of Wales and at Point Hope this figure is called pduktaq, 

 "a red fox." On the Kobuk river, at Barrow, and by the Inland natives of 

 North Alaska it is called hyiajuk, "the beaver." I have no record of it among 

 the Mackenzie river Eskimos, but in Coronation gulf it is called qaXvik, "the 

 wolverine." 



