https://stringfigures.huma-num.fr/files/original/92b9d8bc7711f044f158e1457c3b66f4.png 983604bbf9e23d7909f02c54ee7d4f20 https://stringfigures.huma-num.fr/files/original/5a155f0ce7c3319144182604561d93c1.mp4 de298bb54b7dc7bb100259e7e3edfb04 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 figure depicts a caribou (tuktu). It is usually animated in such a way that the caribou is shown galloping, getting smaller and smaller until disappearing (either because it ran away or since it was shot by the hunter). This figure was documented in many other Inuit areas, mostly with the same meaning ("caribou", except in Utqiagvik/Barrow and in northern Inland Alaska, where it is said to represent a hare). This is one of the most widespread string figures of the Inuit continuum. As the term "tukturjuk" also refers to the constellation of the Big Dipper, this string figure is sometimes understood as representing this constellation as well. Many Iglulingmiut elders stress that the pattern involved in TUKTURJUK is similar to the one known as UKALIARJUTTIAQ/UKALIRJUK, the hare. The two figures are however obtained through different methods of construction ("ajjigittia tautungit kisiani sanangit ajjigiinngit&utik"). Construction method (ISFA) 1. Opening A. 2. R2 rotates away from the body over R5 loop, around R5f, and pointing towards the body, R2 proximally enters R1 loop. R2 hooks up TV 1n, rotating away from the body and up. Release R1 loop. 3. Twist both R2 loops a full turn away from the body (= R2 only rotates with its loops away from the body, over R5 loop, with R2 first bent/hooked then pointing up again). 4. R1 proximally passes through R2 loops. R1 and R2 grasp L2n and remove the L2 loop. Allow the double loop around R1 and R2 to slip off onto the single loop held between R1 and R2. 5. Release L1 loop and place the loop held between R1 and R2 over L1. Distally (= from the far side) insert R234 into R5 loop. Remove R5 and distally insert R5 into R234 loop. Spread apart the RH strings and extend with the finger of LH pointing away from the body. This is TUKTURJUK, a caribou. Sway the RH to make it gallop (and then disappear) towards the left. See Wirt & al. 2009: 41-42 for a step by step illustration. 3. Closely related references (literature) "Tuktuqdjung - caribou" (Cumberland Sound, Canada), Boas. "Tuktuk - caribou" (Saint Michael, Alaska), Gordon 1906: 92-93, fig. 15. "The caribou" (northern Alaskan coast to Coronation gulf) or "the rabbit, ukaliq" (Barrow and Inland northern Alaska, Inupiat), Jenness 1924: 34-35, XXIV, fig. 31. Same method. A chant was uttered by the Nunamiut (northern Inland Alaska) when obtaining the figure: it refers to a rabbit that is shot and then skinned (cf. Jenness 1924: 35). "Tugtunguaq - caribou" (Aivilingmiut), Mathiassen 1928: 222. "Caribou [or hare]", (Qairnirmiut), Birket-Smith I, 1929: 279. "Tugtɔrjuk - caribou", Rasmussen 1932: 281, fig. 15. "The caribou", Paterson 1949: 16-17, fig. 7. "Tukto - caribou" (Inughuit, northwestern Greenland), Holtved 1967: 136, nr. 7. "Tuktorjuk - le caribou" (Arviligjuarmiut), Mary-Rousselière 1969 : 7, fig. 1. "Tugtoq - the reindeer" (Upernavik), Hansen 1974, fig. 1. "Tuttujuq - caribou" (Kangirsujuaq), Saladin d'Anglure 2003: 95, fig. 22. Mathematical concepts involved Translation. 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 TUKTURJUK, the caribou 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 2005-2021 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Herve PANIAQ, Iglulik, Nunavut, Canada (video) Mary Niriungniq QULIKTALIK, Iglulik (picture) Margaret Sunak KIPSIGAK, Iglulik Elisapi NUTARAKITTUQ, Iglulik Abraham ULAAJURULUK, Iglulik Susan AVINNGAQ, Iglulik Elisapi AWA, Iglulik 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