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Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



CXLII. The Duck-spear 



This figure, which was learnt from an Eskimo on the Colville river and is 

 known also to the Eskimos of Coronation gulf, is almost identical with the first 

 figure in Miss Haddon's book "Cat's Cradles in Many Lands," where it is re- 

 corded from the Indians of British Columbia and from the Zuni Indians to the 

 south. The Eskimo figure is given a slightly more complex form. The Barrow 

 natives call it "the duck-spear," (nuyaqpak), while the Copper Eskimos call it 

 "a tent" (tupiq). 



Position 1. 



Take up with the right index the transverse string on the left palm from the 

 proximal side, give it three or four twists and return. 



Pass the left index through the right index loop from the distal side, take up 

 the right hand palmar string from the proximal side and return through the 

 loop. 



Fig. 213 



Drop the thumb and little finger loops of the right hand and draw the hands 

 apart. You have "the duck-spear," or "tent." 



