https://stringfigures.huma-num.fr/files/original/3a88aca370199d40f8f6ce7b9edbdf90.mp4 d6dad3cf3b496d41f0d8b39aa10be9e0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource PIRSURSIRAATTIAQ https://stringfigures.huma-num.fr/files/original/257f7327e03981f6e02f4ede3c538f8e.mp4 65c0a5656bd34fffe2ec94bc7883b4d8 https://stringfigures.huma-num.fr/files/original/b17671ef1bfe1be9b59ea188ecbb8058.mp4 46f90f9d74dbdbeb942e838704dc6793 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Pirsusiraattiaq-3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sub-Corpus (Inuit IGLULIK) String Figures General presentation of the string figure This string figure is said to represent a lynx or bobcat (Lynx canadensis). This animal was generally unseen in the Iglulik area, but Iglulingmiut had heard about it through the oral tradition. Lynx had been seen in particular (and possibly quite recently) in the 'neighbouring' area of Naujaat-Repulse Bay (Aivilingmiut). According to the oral tradition, seeing such an animal would indicate that a snowstorm would soon occur, which appears related to the etymology of this animal's name (cf. pirsiq or pirtuq : drifting snow, pirsirtuq : it blizzards, Spalding 1998: 95). It is possible that in former times, this string figure was interpreted as referring to a fabulous (or unidentified) being/animal among the Iglulingmiut as among the Arviligjuarmiut (cf. Mary-Rousselière 1969: 42) and in Greenland (Paterson 1949: 26). Construction method (ISFA) 1. Point the fingers away from the body and hang a loop over 1. 345 grasp the 1f string. 2 pass over 1n and point toward the body. 2 hook up 1n (= 2 rotate downward and away from the body catching up 1n and drawing it into a 2n position). 2. With the palms facing each other (and 2 pointing away from the body), insert proximally R1 into L1 loop; release L1 and insert proximally L1 into both R1 loops. Release 345 and extend. 3. Insert 5 proximally into 1 proximal loop. R5 hooks down (diagonal) R1f-L2f string ; L5 passes under L1f-R2f string and hooks down L2f. 4. Navajo 1. 5. Inuit Ending [ = Insert 2 distally into 1 loop, 2 pick up 1n, release 1, and insert 1 into upper 2 loop: 1 pick up upper 2n, release 2. Proximally transfer 1 loop to 2]. 6. R1 picks up the string forming the left side of the upper triangle on the right part of the figure, and L1 picks up the lower diagonal near string on the left side. Insert 1 proximally into 2 loop(s) and Navajo 1, proximally transfer 2 loop(s) to 1 (= Inuit Ending). 7. Insert L2 distally (from the far side) into L5 loop (L2 pointing towards the body); L2 hooks up L1n (while picking up the double TV string on the left middle part of the figure). With L2 pointing upwards, release L1 and L5, and insert L345 from the far side while releasing L2 (thus forming the rear part, uppatiik, of the animal). This is PIRSURSIRAATTIAQ. Closely related references (literature) "Piqtoqciγaq - the lynx", Jenness 1924 : 138, CXIX (fig. 181, Mackenzie/Inuvialuit). "PErtɔr(.s)hErAq - porcupine", Rasmussen 1932: 274, fig. 9 (Copper/Inuinnait) : small animal, long-legged, thin-bellied, apt to roll up when pursued... : usually a snowstorm will occur in the night when this animal is seen. "Persessa(.sh)kuk - an animal", Paterson 1949 : 26, fig. 32 (Upernavik, Cape York, Craig Harbour). "Pertorserak - le lynx (?)", Mary-Rousselière 1969: 41-42, fig. 36 (Arviligjuarmiut). See Wirt et al. 2009: 187 (BISFA 16) for the illustrated description of the method of making based on Jenness 1924: 138 (CXIX), slightly different from the Iglulingmiut method. Scientific name of the represented oject/being Lynx canadensis. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource PIRSURSIRAATTIAQ, the lynx Subject The topic of the resource String figure; String game; Inuit; Iglulik; Eastern Canada; Arctic Description An account of the resource 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) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Céline Petit Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Laboratory SPHERE (UMR 7219, University of Paris & CNRS) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2005-2015 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Herve PANIAQ, Iglulik, Nunavut, Canada Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons / Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA Language A language of the resource Inuktitut ; English Type The nature or genre of the resource Ethnographical data, text, image, moving image, sound Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Iglulik (Igloolik), Nunavut, Canada