Eskimo String Figures 



105 b 



With the backs of' the indices from the distal side raise the ulnar thumb 

 strings, then with their palms draw through the radial thumb strings, thereby 

 navahoing the indices. You have "the bow." 



The following conversation i^ supposed to take place: 



pictkcm" man-a qai\i 



"Your bow here, give it to me." 



piakdya man-a qainHayWkiya in^uniotd-uayiyiya 



"My bow, this one, I will not give you; it is the one thing I depend upon 

 for food." 



Fig. 130 



Drop the little finger loops. 

 You have "the wind-break." 



oqotdhn" ukwa qai\U' 



"Your wind-breaks these, give me." 



oqotdtka ukwa pinHayit'kitin" dyuiyman iXuaqotd-uayiyifka 

 "These wind-breaks of mine you shall not have; when the weather is 

 stormy they are the only things that are of any use to me." 



Fig. 131 



Remove the thumb loops to the little fingers from the distal side. 



On each side there is a string which runs from the palmar string to loop 

 round the lower transverse string. Pass the thumbs in below them from the 

 proximal side, and take up each of these strings. Katilluik the thumbs. 



