Eskimo String Figures 155 B 



Turning the palms downward lay the figure on the knees, then take it up 

 again, inserting the indices from above into the more distant corner loops and 

 the little fingers from below into the nearer. 



You have "the man paddling in his kayak." 



Fig. 204 



In the middle of the figure there are two parallel transverse strings. With 

 the thumbs from the proximal side take up these strings, then the radial 

 index strings; navaho the thumbs, drop the index loops and transfer the thumb 

 loops to the indices. 



(The Barrow and Inland natives, as well as the Cape Prince of' Wales Eskimo 

 from whom Dr. Gordon obtained the figure, reach this stage thus : 



Position 1. 



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

 ulnar little finger strings and drop the little finger loops. 



Hold the thumb loops in the palms of the hands and, inserting the little 

 fingers into the thumb loops from the proximal side, move them towards the 

 middle, allow the lower transverse string to slip off, then hook their palms down 

 over it. 



Pass the indices into the thumb loops from the distal side and with their 

 palms draw through the distal radial strings (the diagonal strings). Drop the 

 thumb loops. 



This brings you to the same stage as by the Indian point method.) 



With the palms of the thumbs from the proximal side take up the strings 

 which run from the lower transverse string to the middle of the upper trans- 

 verse string (the two sides of the triangle). 



With the thumbs from the proximal side take up the radial index strings, 

 navaho the thumbs, drop the index loops and transfer the thumb loops to the 

 indices. 



A loop passes round the lower transverse string on each side. Pass the 

 thumbs into these from the inner side, take up with their backs the distal string 

 of each, then from the proximal side the radial index string of each hand. Navaho 

 the thumbs, drop the index loops and transfer the thumb loops to the indices. 



