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were, he wants by his violent delivery to frighten one of the women 
further in on the platform. 2 
Fig. 63. Uaajeertog player. He who says: Let me strip them! 
(Drawing by Kaaralik, 1906.) 
No. 134. Aartsinaa°rtaarter — He who says ‘Let me strip them.’ 
Mitsuarnianna. 
The uaajeertog pursues the other house-mates with a wooden 
stick in his hand, while he drum-dances and sings. During a short 
pause he tries to hit one of them. His song contains the exclamation: 
artsipa*rtaka (or a'tsiya°rtaka) ‘let me rid (or deprive) them of their 
artsinaq (?). 
NOTE. — This word may be connected with WGr. artsiwoqg ‘has super- 
fluity of food in his house’ or with a derivation of the same word arsigaq 
(see Fabricius’ Ordbog arsegak ‘dressed, trimmed’), the meaning of the 
exclamation being, consequently, ‘Let me deprive them of their fine dresses!’ 
No. 135. Uniarpoaarter — He who says ‘I trail.’ 
Mitsuarnianya. 
The comicality of this game 
consists in the fact that, while the 
player performs the tiwaleq dance, 
he wanders over the floor with a 
bundle composed of skin garments 
which trail after him and might 
represent a slain seal. The bundle 
is tied with a cord to the lower 
ge at the back of his skin jacket. 
Fig. 64. Uaajeertog player. He who says: edge au UNG 2 LAS 
I trail. (Drawing by Kaaralik, 1906.) Uniarpoa, uniarpoa ‘I trail, I trail.’ 
