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Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



Two strings cross the palm of the left middle finger. Take these up with 

 the right hand and spread apart all the strings. You have "the tent," with its 

 door on the proximal side facing you. 



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CXLVII. The Orphan Boy 



There are two figures which differ only in the final movement, depending 

 on whether the right hand or the left hand is used. The first is known at Cape 

 Prince of Wales, where a chant is sung with it. It is also found among the 

 Inland Eskimos of northern Alaska with a short chant, but regarded as an 

 aberration of the second figure, and not really as a separate figure of its own. 

 With the second figure these Inland natives sing a chant which is evidently the 

 same as the Mackenzie river chant that accompanies the figure "the little old 

 man" (see No. XIII). Mackenzie river natives call the second figure uhwaqtjq, 

 "the door is closed," and the same name is found for it in Coronation gulf, 

 uk-waqtjyyuk. The movements are found in many other figures, the opening 

 resembling one of the methods of making "the little finger." 



Loop over the indices. 



Close the hands over the transverse strings and push the right index loop 

 through the left index, then interchange these loops on the indices. 



Pass the left thumb over the radial index string and with its back from the 

 proximal side take up the two radial ring finger strings. 



