Eskimo String Figures 



95 b 



With the backs of the thumbs from above push back (i.e. towards you) the 

 ulnar Uttle finger strings that run diagonally to the middle, then with their 

 palms take up from below the two lower transverse strings. 



Drop the little finger loops, then hook them over their old diagonal loop. 



Katilluik the thumbs. 



You have "the wood-carrier" with his load of wood. 



Chant : 



qsqcyaqtaqoma ai ya ha yaya 

 qaqcyaqtaqoma ai ya ha yaya 

 qoqvani-4 qoqvani-i 

 niluaqtaqtaxXuyi (t) 

 dicpayavaq 



Fig. 114 



The wood-carrier. 

 The wood-carrier. 

 Over there, over there 

 Throwing it down (the wood) 

 Up there (?) 



At the word dicpayavaq raise up with the palms of the indices from the distal 

 side the four horizontal strings that run along the back of the figure, then with 

 the palms of the indices draw through the radial index string on each side. 



Drop the thumb loops. You have the man's boots hanging up. 



Fig. 115 



kamqayani-i kamqayani-i 



in-eqtaxKuyik 



dicpayavaq 



His boots, his boots. 

 He hangs them up. 

 Up there. 



Remove the index loops to the thumbs and at the word dicpayavaq again 

 raise with the indices from the distal side the two transverse strings in the 

 middle of the figure, then draw through with them the radial thumb strings. 

 The figure dissolves. 



