Eskimo String Figures 



97 b 



Repeat this last movement, then, returning to the position of "the man 

 and woman," transfer the left thumb loop to the right index from the proximal 

 side, the left little finger loop to the left index from the distal side, and the right 

 little finger loop to the left thumb from the distal side. Separate the hands. 

 The two are going away in opposite directions. 



Fig. 118 



LXXXII. umdiaqtojyuk 



This is a very simple Copper Eskimo figure, which bears the name of 

 umdiaqtoyyuk. The meaning of the word was unknown, though one man sug- 

 gested that umdiaya was the name of a person. 



Position I. 



Circle the right hand clockwise so that the transverse strings cross in the 

 middle. 



Bring the hands together and with the palm of the right little finger take 

 up the ulnar left little finger string and return. 



Close the left hand over its palmar string, holding that loop in the left 

 hand. 



You have the figure of a man over near the right hand. With the left 

 thumb carry across the right thumb loop and release the right thumb. "The 

 man" is now over against the left hand. Reverse the movement and he travels 

 backwards and forwards between the two hands. Every time he moves, say: 



umdiaya nau Where is Umiliara? 



Fig. 119 



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