72 b 



Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



SECTION 4. FIGURES WITH ONLY A LOCAL DISTRIBUTION 



LIX. Thk Walrus = aiviq 



This figure is identical with the "scapulae," or "head of a caribou" (No. 

 XL VI) except for the final movement. It was learnt from a Barrow native. 



Opening A. 



Pass the thumbs over the radial index strings and from the proximal side 

 raise with them the lower transverse string, then with their backs from the 

 proximal side draw out through the thumb loops the radial little finger strings. 



With the palm of the right index (or the left, according to which loop lies 

 outside the other) remove the left index loop from the proximal side, then 

 insert the left index into both the right index loops. 



Each index now carries two loops and points inwards. 



With their backs draw the ulnar thumb strings out through the index loops, 

 then drop the index loops. 



Invert the loops on the thumbs so as to make them straight, then with the 

 left thumb from the proximal side remove the right thumb loop and reinsert 

 the right thumb from the proximal side into both left thumb loops. 



Pass the left thumbs down and from the proximal side take up with them 

 the ulnar little finger strings and navaho the thumbs. 



Fig. 80 



Below the upper transverse string there are now five strings running hori- 

 zontally parallel to it. Pass the indices into the thumb loops from the distal 

 side and with their palms take up the uppermost of these five strings and draw 

 it out through the thumb loops. You have the walrus with its two gleaming 

 ivory tusks. 



