Eskimo String Figures 

 You have "the two small boys" in place of the birds. 



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Fig. 71 



LI. The Eagle =ft>/mtag'pafc (Mackenzie) 



Proceed as in the preceding figure, "the duck," up to the stage marked ^. 



Combine the thumb loops before taking up with them the ulnar Httle finger 

 strings. Then proceed exactly as in "the duck," only navaho the little fingers. 

 You have "the eagle." 



Fig. 72 



To resolve the figure drop the thumb loops, saying acuyacuyoqtoq (meaning 

 unknown), and take hold of the upper and lower transverse strings in the middle 

 as usual. 

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