Author: Jenness, Diamond [1886-1969]
Title: Eskimo String Figures [Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18, Volume 13: Eskimo Folk-lore, Pt. B]
Description: Ottawa, F.A. Acland, 1924. boards. 24x16cm, 192 pages. Later (recent) binder's blind boards with original cover wrappers bound-in.. Textual illustrations; map.. Minor wear. Good. ¶ A small repaired tear to in-bound cover wrapper. Series : Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18, Volume 13. Eskimo Folk-lore, Pt. B; " Southern party, 1913-16.". 229 Eskimo string figures illustrated. Contents:Figures Beginning with Opening A: Figures Known All Along the North Coast; Figures Found in Alaska and Mackenzie River; Figures Found in the Mackenzie Delta and in Coronation Gulf; Figures with Only a Local Distribution; Figures Beginning with a Modification of Opening A; Figures Beginning with Opening B; Figures Beginning with Opening C; Figures with Miscellaneous Openings: The Brown Bear's Pack Cycle; Miscellaneous Figures;Figures Requiring Two People; String Tricks;

Keywords: Eskimo Ethnology, Canadian Arctic, Eskimos Folklore, String Figures, Canada, Native Americans, Anthropology, Ethnography, Folklore