44 b 



Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



Two Spirits of the Lake 

 Position 1. 



With the palm of the right middle finger take up the opposite palmar string 

 and return. 



With the palm of the left middle finger similariy take up the right palmar 

 string just before it passes behind the little finger. 



Pass the indices down on the proximal side of the middle finger and radial 

 little finger strings and with their palms take up the ulnar little finger strings. 



Continue as in the single "spirit of the lake," only executing all the move- 

 ments with both hands instead of with the left hand only. 



At the conclusion drop first the middle finger loops, then the index loops. 



You have a "spirit" or a "mammoth" on each side. 



(To unravel drop the thimab loops.) 



Fig. 43 



XXXIV. Fish Nibbling at a Hook 



This figure is merely a variation of the single "spirit of the lake" or "mam- 

 moth." I have seen it only among the Copper Eskimos, who call it mikijatciaq, 

 "a small fish-bait." The Mackenzie natives give this name mikiydtdaq to an 

 entirely different figure which is known to the Copper Eskimos under the name 

 of mviyaqtuaqtj'yyuk (see No. CXVIII). The Copper Eskimo figure of "fish 

 nibbling at the hook" is the same as that given by Dr. Gordon from the Anvik 

 Eskimos of Alaska with the name "lake fish." 



Position 1. 



Bring the hands together and with the back of the right index take up the 

 left palmar string and return. 



With the palm of the left index take up the radial little finger string of its 

 hand, not the ulnar. Continue as in "the spirit of the lake," only at the end 

 circle the right hand clockwise, not counter-clockwise. You have the "fish 

 nibbhng at the hook." 



