Eskimo String Figures 



149 b 



moon" {t&tqeq naxyaujdkun nuiyoq, i.e. "the moon rises between two mountain 

 peaks"), while farther east, in the Mackenzie delta and in Coronation gulf, it 

 is called "the sun between the mountains." The movements closely resemble 

 those of the Inland Eskimo figure "the children" (see No. LXXV). 



Wind the string twice round the left index and insert the right i,ndex from 

 the proximal side into both the left index loops. 



Hold in the palms the pendent strings so that they intersect. 



Transfer the palmar loops to the thumbs from the distal side. 



You have now two loops on each index and a loop on each thumb. 



*Pass the last three fingers of each hand into the index loops from below 

 from the proximal side and hook them down over the two radial index and 

 ulnar thumb strings, while with the palms of the indices from the distal side 

 you draw through the radial thumb strings, pointing the indices out again. 



Drop the thumb loops, and allow the upper transverse string to slip down 

 while over it the thumbs take up from below the radial middle finger strings 

 that loop round the radial index strings in the middle of the figure. 



Drop the loop on the last three fingers and reinserting those fingers into 

 the index loops repeat the movements from *. 



Repeat them a second time, taking care not to draw the strings too taut. 

 Finally you have "the moon," or "the sun," (a small circle) between "the 

 mountain peaks" (the triangles formed on each side by the strings running from 

 the upper transverse string to the two bottom ones). 



Fig. 196 



CXXX. The Mountains 



This is the same figure as the preceding, but without "the moon." It is 

 made in exactly the same way, only the string is wound only once round the 

 index at the beginning. The same name ejd, "mountains," is given to it all 

 along the coast from Harrow to Coronation gulf. 



Fig. 197 



