Eskimo String Figures 



49 b 



With the indices spread apart the proximal and distal radial thumb strings. 

 Youlhave "the scapulae." 



Fig. 49 



XXXVIII. The Meeting of Two Brotheks-in-law 



The name given to this figure by the Inland natives is c&kejik paqtuk, "two 

 brothers-in-law meet." Coronation gulf natives call it "two small ribs" 

 (tulirndtddk) . I am not sure whether it is found in the Mackenzie river region. 



Opening A. 



Pass the thumbs down proximal to the index strings and with their backs 

 take up the ulnar index string. 

 Drop the index loops. 



With the thumbs from the proximal side remove the httle finger loops. 

 From this stage proceed exactly as in "the scapulae" (No. XXXVII). 



Fig. 50 



XXXIX. The Buebot = ndtaynaq (Barrow and Inland Eskimos) 



This figure is called by the Barrow and Inland Eskimos of North Alaska 

 ndtaynaq, "the burbot." 



The Mackenzie natives do not recognize it as a separate figure, but only as 

 an incidental stage in the making of nuyaktoyyuk (No. XLI). 



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