Eskimo String Figures 



107 B 



Insert the right thumb from the proximal side into the left thumb loops and 

 finish the movement of katilluik. 



You have "a pair of snow-shoes." 



tay\uk-iji-yum makwak qaiXik 



"Give me those snow-shoes of yours." 



tayXuha ukwak piniayd'kLkin^ mauyarjotimaya iXuaqotituayiyik-a 

 "You shall not have those snow-shoes of mine — they are the one thing I 

 need when the snow is deep." 



Fig. 134 



Remove the thumb loops to the indices. 



In the middle there are four strings running parallel horizontally; two 

 are proximal strings, the others distal. 



Insert both thumbs under the two proximal strings from the proximal side 

 and complete the movement of katilluik. 



You have the fish — "the flounder." 



ndtaynanyum una qoaqXayo 



"That burbot of yours, let me eat it frozen." 



ndtaynaya una qoaqniayd'kin^ kdtamni uriLqyuktaqhyin^iayiya 

 "You shall not eat that burbot of mine frozen — I want it to splash in t he 

 water under my door." 



Fig. 135 



Remove the thumb loops to the Httle fingers from the proximal side, and hold 

 the little finger loops in the hands. 



