Eskimo String Figures 



75 b 



Remove the loops^over the hands, and chant: 



The tangarot people 



We ran away to hide (release the index 

 loops) 



taydjot taydyot 

 qimayutaqtuyut 



akhyekut akhyekut 

 miqtoqajaqtuyut 



We made a tent (release the middle fin- 

 ger loops — you have a tent) 



klaydpit klayapit 

 qimayutepiqaqtut 



Fig. 85 



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They ran away (drop the ring finger 

 loops — two men are going away). ^^ 



Fig. 86 



