102 b 



Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



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

 the thumb and index loops. 



In the middle of the figure there are two intersecting diagonal strings. 

 With the back of each middle finger push out the nearer upper string of each 

 diagonal. 



With the thumbs from the proximal side take up the radial index strings and 

 navaho the thumbs. 



With the backs of the middle fingers take up the ulnar index strings and 

 navaho the middle fingers. Drop the index loops, and point all but the little 

 fingers upward, thereby holding the figure horizontal. You have "the seal net." 

 Carefully release the little fingers from their loops and you have "two seals" 

 {ndtcik) hanging from it. 



Fig. 125 



LXXXVIII. A Paie of Trousers 



This is a succession of figures obtained by movements that are rather 

 unusual. It is known to the Barrow and Inland natives, in the Mackenzie delta 

 and in Coronation gulf. By the Barrow and Inland natives the first figure in 

 the series is called kamak, "a pair of long trousers," the second qaqkik or qaxlik, 

 "a pair of knee-breeks," the third keacik, "two scapulae," and the fourth and 

 final one aitqdtik, "a pair of mittens." The Mackenzie natives call the figures 

 successively caqpiloayiktualuk, "a man standing with his toes turned out (?), 

 dtiyeqtoq, "he has taken off his fur coat," and mdtaqtoaq, "he has stripped naked." 

 In Coronation gulf the figures were called generally kamak or kamiyyuok, 

 "trousers," but I failed to record the names for the different parts of the series. 

 Boas has the first figure from the west coast of Hudson bay under the name 

 "boy's pants with stockings." 



