Eskimo String Figures 



111 B 



Drop the thumb loops. From the proximal side take up the upper string 

 of each diamond with each nearer thumb and katilluik the thumbs. 



Transfer the thumb loops to the indices. 



On each side a string runs vertically from the lower to the upper transverse 

 strings. Take these up with the backs of the thumbs, and katilluik the thumbs, 

 but without dropping the index loops. 



You have "the two hips." 



Fg. 141 



Drop the index loops and invert the figure. You have "a man" {muyyuk). 



Fig. 142 



