Eskimo String Figures 



83 b 



On each side there is a string which runs vertically from the lower to the 

 upper transverse string. Take each of these up with the back of the nearer 

 thumb from the proximal side and katilluik. 



Two diamonds are formed in the middle just under the upper transverse 

 string. Insert the indices into these from the distal side, push out the distal 

 strings of the diamonds, then with the palms of the indices draw through the 

 upper transverse string. Drop the thumb loops. 



You have "the sculpin." 



Fig. 98 



LXXI. The Lamp 



The Coronation gulf natives call this figure qu\-i.q, the stone lamp which 

 they use for light and heat. It is a very simple figure to construct, the opening 

 movements being the same as in the Barrow figure "walrus" (see No. LIX). 



Opening A. 



Pass the thumbs distal to the radial index strings and from the proximal 

 side {i.e. from below) raise the lower transverse string, then, without returning, 

 with the backs of the thumbs from the distal side draw the radial little finger 

 strings through the thumb loops. 



Fig. 99 



Drop the index loops and open up the thumb loops with the indices from 

 below. You have "the lamp." 



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