Eskimo String Figures 41 b 



XXX. The Dog 



This figure is known to the Barrow and Inland Eskimos of North Alaska, 

 in the Mackenzie delta and in Coronation gulf, everywhere with the same name, 

 "the dog." 



It has been described by Dr. Gordon from Nunivak island, where it is called 

 "a dog on a leash" {kaymuchtd). It differs from the two preceding figures only 

 in the introductory stage. The Barrow natives chant with it: 



dndatataXuit ? 



mdqutak-uit With long hair (?) 



maiyualuaqtuaydlukpaho 



? 



The Inland natives sing: 



qi'mialuajukd dnixXi Your dog, let it out. 



qi'mialuayukd diuxXi Your dog let it out. 



anicuildtdaq tamna It never goes out, that dog Aqcikona, 



aqdkona maq maq. 



At the word maq draw the leash tighter. The right (or left) hand radial 

 string is released and is used to whip the dog out. 



The Mackenzie natives sing: 



qim-iliayudeylukdnuduy Dog, get your harness on. 



aiyaf^a 

 dnuajukcaunayo dnuduy Don't break it, get it on. 



aiyaya 

 dnua-yudjoq It broke the harness. 



At the final words the two radial right or left strings, according to how the 

 figure is made, break off; they represent the breaking of the harness. 



Coronation gulf natives have no chant. 



Fig. 39 



XXXI. The Abms 



Dr. Gordon has described this figure from Nunivak island as "the arms" 

 (moguk) . By the Barrow and Inland natives it is called tdUyyoq, which means 

 "he holds his arms up." The Mackenzie and Coronation gulf natives give it 

 the same name, only in those dialects the word follows the ordinary rules of 

 phonetic change and becomes tdhyyoq. No chant accompanies i t in any of these 



