50 B Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



Opening A. 



With the thumbs from the proximal side remove the index and little finger 

 loops. 



Pass the little fingers into the thumb loops from the proximal side, and, 

 moving them towards the middle, allow the lower transverse string to slip off, 

 then hook the little fingers down over it and hold it firmly against the palms. 



Pass the indices into the thumb loops from the distal side and with their 

 palms draw through the upper transverse string. 



Drop the thumb loops. You have "the burbot." 



Fig. 51 



XL. The Bow = piakd (Barrow and Inland Eskimos) 



Make the preceding figure, "the burbot." 



With the back of each thumb from the proximal side take up the side of^the 

 diamond which runs across the back of the little finger of the same hand, then 

 with the thumbs from the proximal side take up the radial index strings. Navaho 

 the thumbs and drop the index loops. You have "the bow." 



Fig. 52- 



