Eskimo String Figures 



79 b 



The indices are still pointing inward. From the proximal upper transverse 

 string there is a string on each side which runs down to the lower transverse 

 string, across the backs of the indices. 



Push these out with the backs of the indices, so that the indices now point 

 outward. 



Withdraw the middle fingers from all the loops, then with their backs on 

 each side push out the side strings that connect the two diagonal strings. 

 Navaho the thumbs, and you have "the dance-house." 



Fig. 93 



LXVI. The Two Wolves 



The Coronation gulf Eskimos call this figure amaquk, "two wolves." I 

 obtained it from a Bathurst inlet native, and did not see it among the more 

 western Copper Eskimos. The movements are all of a very usual character. 



Opening A. 



Push one index loop through the other and interchange them on the indices. 



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, move 

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

 the little fingers down over it. 



Pass the indices into the thumb loops from the distal side, push out the two 

 distal radial strings, then with the palms of the indices draw out the upper 

 transverse string, thereby navahoing the indices. 



Drop the thumb loops. 



Two strings run from the middle of the figure to cross the lower transverse 

 string on each side before proceeding to the palmar string. With the palms of 

 the thumbs from the proximal side take up these strings, each pair with the 

 thumb of the nearer hand, then with the thumbs from the proximal side take 

 up the radial index strings. 



