AK&ARJUK TISIMINIT ANIGISAAQTUQ, a brown bear issuing from its cave
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| This Item | related through common consecutive operations (sub-procedure): | Item: AK&ARJU(U)K, two brown bears |
| This Item | related through common consecutive operations (sub-procedure): | Item: AK&ARJU(U)K INARLUKSIMAJUUK, the two brown bears with a line caught between their legs |
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Céline Petit, “AK&ARJUK TISIMINIT ANIGISAAQTUQ, a brown bear issuing from its cave,” String figures, accessed February 24, 2026, https://stringfigures.huma-num.fr/items/show/250.
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Name : AK&ARJUK TISIMINIT ANIGISAAQTUQ, a brown bear issuing from its cave
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Creator : Céline Petit
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Contributor(s) : Herve PANIAQ, Iglulik, Nunavut, Canada
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Date : 2015
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This string figure represents a single brown bear issuing from its hole or cave (ak&arjuk atausiruluk tisiminit anitaannguaqtuq/anigisaaqtuq).
1. Opening A.
2. Proximally transfer 2 loop to 1. Distally transfer 5 loop to 2.
3. Insert 5 proximally into proximal 1 loop. 5 pass behind distal 1 loop and hook down 2n.
4. Index Twist, and Navajo 1.
5. Distally transfer L1 loop to R1, release L1 and insert proximally L1 into R1 double loop. Extend.
6. Proximally transfer 2 loop to 1, and Navajo 1.
7. Proximally transfer 1 loop to 2.
8. 1 pick up the near oblical/diagonal low string segments, and Inuit Ending.
For another method of making the same figure, see Jenness 1924: 15 (III), and Wirt et al. 2009: 15 (detailed illustration).
2. Proximally transfer 2 loop to 1. Distally transfer 5 loop to 2.
3. Insert 5 proximally into proximal 1 loop. 5 pass behind distal 1 loop and hook down 2n.
4. Index Twist, and Navajo 1.
5. Distally transfer L1 loop to R1, release L1 and insert proximally L1 into R1 double loop. Extend.
6. Proximally transfer 2 loop to 1, and Navajo 1.
7. Proximally transfer 1 loop to 2.
8. 1 pick up the near oblical/diagonal low string segments, and Inuit Ending.
For another method of making the same figure, see Jenness 1924: 15 (III), and Wirt et al. 2009: 15 (detailed illustration).
"A brown bear issuing from a cave", Jenness 1924: 15, III (fig. 5, Mackenzie Inuit/Inuvialuit).
"A brown bear and its lair", Birket-Smith 1929: 279 (Qairnirmiut).
"A bear comes from its house", Paterson 1949: 23-24, fig. 24 (Cape York, Craig Harbour).
"Akhlârjuk anisartorjuk - l'ours brun qui vient de sortir (de son antre)" (Arviligjuarmiut, Canada), Mary-Rousselière 1969: 15-16, fig. 9.
"A brown bear and its lair", Birket-Smith 1929: 279 (Qairnirmiut).
"A bear comes from its house", Paterson 1949: 23-24, fig. 24 (Cape York, Craig Harbour).
"Akhlârjuk anisartorjuk - l'ours brun qui vient de sortir (de son antre)" (Arviligjuarmiut, Canada), Mary-Rousselière 1969: 15-16, fig. 9.
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Key words : String figure; String game; Inuit; Iglulik; Eastern Canada; Arctic
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Publisher : Laboratory SPHERE (UMR 7219, University of Paris & CNRS)
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Rights : Creative Commons / Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA
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Language : Inuktitut ; English
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Location : Iglulik (Igloolik), Nunavut, Canada
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Description : Iglulingmiut (Amitturmiut) Inuit string figure (Nunavut, Canada): symbolism, method of construction, references to the same figure as documented among different Inuit groups (Alaska, Canada, Greenland)