100 b 



Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



LXXXV. A Small Flatter 



The Mackenzie natives, among whom alone I saw this figure, call it 

 iXiviatdaq, i.e. "a small platter." In Cumberland sound Boas found it called 

 egeavatchea, which probably has the same meaning. It is a development of the 

 preceding figure. 



Make the last figure ("the two caribou tongues"), but, instead of releasing 

 the thumb and index loops, press out and through the middle finger loops with 

 the backs of the middle fingers the radial thumb strings. 



Drop the thumb loops. 



Remove the index loops to the thumbs and spread apart the middle finger 

 loops with the indices. 



You have "the platter," the rectangle with its two long sides formed by 

 double strings. 



Fig. 122 



LXXXVI. A Man Chewing 



This figure, which appears to be peculiar to the Barrow and Inland Eskimos 

 of northern Alaska, is a slight modification of the two preceding figures. 



Make "the two frozen caribou tongues" (No. LXXXIV), but without 

 dropping the thumb and index loops. 



Turning the palms downward, push one thumb loop through the other and 

 interchange them on the thumbs. 



With each thumb from the proximal side take up the radial index loop of 

 its hand. 



