Eskimo String Figures [Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18, Volume 13: Eskimo Folk-lore, Pt. B]

Jenness, Diamond [1886-1969]

Published by F.A. Acland, Ottawa, 1924

About this Item

24x16cm, 192 pages., Later (recent) binder's blind boards with original cover wrappers bound-in. 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;

Seller Inventory # 011298

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Eskimo String Figures [Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18, Volume 13: Eskimo Folk-lore, Pt. B]
• Publisher: F.A. Acland, Ottawa
• Publication Date: 1924
• Binding: boards
• Illustrator: Textual illustrations; map.
• Condition: Minor wear. Good.
• Seller catalogs:
  • Eskimo Ethnology