This figure represents two foxes (tiriganniak) with their backs turned to one another. It does not seem to be common in the string figures' repertoires of other Inuit societies. In the classical ethnography, a similar figure bearing the same name is documented among the Arviligjuarmiut, but with a very different method of making. Mary-Rousselière suggests that it was probably the result of a quite recent creation (cf. Mary-Rousselière 1969: 20), which may have also been the case for the figure known by Iglulingmiut. A similar figure obtained through a method close to the one known in Iglulik was however recorded in the Mackenzie river area as "avinngatsiak, two mice" (Jenness 1924: 134).