140 B Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



CXXII. A Man Falling 



Another figure seen only among the Copper Eskimos, who call it ioqaqtaqtoy- 

 yuk, "the man who kept faUing over." 



Proceed up to the common stage in all the last figures. 



With the right thumb, as in the two preceding figures, take up the string 

 that passes over the radial right little finger string. 



"With the left thumb take up similarly the string that runs from the left 

 palmar string to the lower transverse string. 



With each thumb from the proximal side take up the radial index string of 

 its hand from the proximal side. Navaho the thumbs and carefully drop the 

 index loops. "The man" falls (typified by the two index loops that drop). 



Fig. 184 



CXXIII. A Dog with Large Ears 



This figure, which is pecuhar to the Copper Eskimos, begins in the same 

 way as all the preceding figures, then continues somewhat after the manner of 

 certain other well-known figures (see Nos. XXVII, CXXXYII). The Eskimo 

 name for it is qcm-iq ciutdik, "a dog with ears." 



Proceed up to the common stage in "the brown bear's pack" series, as 

 exemplified in fig. 178. 



Two strings run horizontally to the middle from the left palmar string. 

 Insert the left index into the figure just below these from the distal side, and, 

 pushing them back, pass the index down over the strings that run from the 

 same palmar string to the upper and lower transverse strings, and with the palm 

 of the index draw through to the distal side the ulnar left little finger string. 



Drop the right little finger loop, and through the left thumb loop remove 

 with it the left index loop from the distal side. 



Under the upper transverse string you now have "the dog's ears." Below 

 "the ears" is a triangle with double sides. Pass the left index into the lefb 

 thumb loop from the distal side, then into the triangle from the proximal side, 

 circle it once counter-clockwise and drop the left little finger loop. 



