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of the women will give him a piece of skin with which to patch his 
umiak.” Не sings: “qilipa:qa: anerne:tit:ine, qilip.aga:!”’, ‘there is a 
great barb! (to rouse her desire), there is a great barb!’! 
No. 120. Soqulaleq (Toowee) — Singing on the Window Platform. 
Ajukutook AX. 
A man is blackened with soot on his cheeks and forehead, his 
mouth is distended with a stump of wood, and a strap of skin is 
wound twice round his face, so that his nose is pressed upwards. 
He sits on the window platform, dressed in his anorak and sing- 
ing with the drum in his hand, (soqulawon, see pag. 160), while he 
wriggles his head into ridiculous attitudes. 
He represents the conceited hero of the drum contest, who in 
his hut awaits the visit of an opponent called Toowee (a rare name, 
though it was known to Kuannia). The expectant host is evidently 
afraid of his opponent, which is ironically expressed in his remark 
that he hopes to be spared the visit. Ordinary courtesy demands 
that the host shall provide his opponent with an abundant supply 
of meat on such an occasion. At the conclusion of the song the 
singer mentions that he has killed his previous opponent. When one 
has killed one’s opponent by harpooing him in his kaiak it is usual 
to mention this achievement in a new song, and to name one’s 
dead opponent. 
The introductory refrain is very long. I give a portion of it 
(after phonogram, cf. p. 76, mel. 57), as the development of its in- 
dividual periods seems very typical. 
Refrain. 
A! ва dja aj «ja à Rà jai С? raja вата 
В ва аа ава а ра ра | р? à jaja ra-d tiwarje‘jo 
Cara ла jor АЗ юЮ-ша pipisaito ю`ше Ra'jai 
D’ ajaja Ra-à tiwa-je-jo B? awa-ja à rà aja jai 
A? tawa & qila:norn-a:ja Raja СЗ awaja raja jai 
В” ва aja @rä @ра: jai DF à jaja ra-d tiwa-jejo 
О RP Coser eo 10 
1 qilip:a'q means a great ЧИ, literally the upright bone peg of the throwing- 
board which fits the corresponding groove in the dart (qaquiseq), but also 
generally used of any upright peg or barb; very commonly of the membrum 
erectum. aper'’ne'rtog (or -n'’o:rtoq) is specially used of a woman ‘who is covetous 
of a man’, but, also, more generally means that one looks round for the food 
which is being brought, and which one greatly desires. 
