118 b 



Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



Fig. 151 



XCVIII. A Dog 



This figure, seen among the Copper Eskimos only, who call it qiymeyyuk, 

 "a. dog" is altogether different from the other string representations of this 

 animal that are known in various places along the north coast. The early move- 

 ments are not of an unusual type, but the later ones are extremelj^ complicated. 

 It resembles the next figure, "the musk-ox calf," more than any other that is 

 known to me. It is noticeable that both these figures are confined to the Copper 

 Eskimos, and that still another complicated figure with the same opening (No. 

 C) has the same limited distribution. 



Make "the dog" or "fox" (No. XCV), but without dropping the right thumb 

 loop in its last movement. 



Pass the right index from the distal side into the triangle below the upper 

 transverse string, hook its palm round the lower transverse string and draw it 

 through. 



Drop the right little finger loop and transfer the right index loop to that 

 little finger from the distal side. Transfer the thimib loops to the indices. 



You have now this figure: 



Fig. 152 



