154 b 



Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



At the word papeyoikpapdlu drop the right hand loop and draw out with it 

 the lower transverse string, taking hold of it between "the tail" and "body." 

 "The sea-gull" has carried off "the tail" and "the body" alone is left. At the 

 word piyi\-iuy again draw out the lower transverse string to the left of the loop 

 passing round it. "The raven" has eaten "the body." 



Fig. 203 



CXXXVI. The Kayaker 



The Eskimos of Indian point make a figure of a man in a kayak who is 

 supposed to be paddling over the sea and to see the mountains of the shore rise 

 up in the distance. They then produce from the first figure a second figure of 

 the mountains, which is the same as that given by Dr. Gordon from Cape Prince 

 of Wales as "the clothes line." The Barrow and Inland natives also know this 

 second figure, which they call uwiPcut, explained by one native as the name of 

 a range of mountain peaks, by another as "the sudden opening of closed eyes." 

 The method in all cases is exactly the same, though the opening movements 

 that give rise to "the kayaker" at Indian point are naturally a little different. 

 These latter greatly resemble "the kayak" as described from King island by 

 Dr. Gordon, which the Barrow natives produce in a slightly different manner 

 (see No. XLVIII). Bogoras has the first figure from the Chukchee with the 

 name "man in canoe." 



Position 1. 



With the backs of the thumbs from the distal side take up the opposite 

 little finger strings and drop the little finger loops. 



Hold the thumb loops in the palms of the hands. 



Pass the indices into the thumb loops from the distal side and draw through 

 with their palms the upper transverse string. 



A string now runs from one ulnar little finger to the middle of the figure, 

 then continues to the other little finger. With the thumbs above this string, 

 one on each side, press at down and take up with the palms of the thumbs the 

 lower transverse string. 



Dropping the loops on the little fingers, hook their palms over the loops 

 that have just been dropped by the thumbs. 



Katilluik the thumbs. 



