https://stringfigures.huma-num.fr/files/original/af0e13b992f3fa00a4297b5feb0ac9e3.png aff9ca43a3b491ef0ee9eb6dcd1c26c9 https://stringfigures.huma-num.fr/files/original/f2466a60b73902d5fe8aadee5d685769.png 7a04a82c71a7198965b736937e666ed1 https://stringfigures.huma-num.fr/files/original/7d3fe9aa9681677dd8b0785228914024.mp4 b00892f4431ff951749ba5842190d05b https://stringfigures.huma-num.fr/files/original/53f208a4e99917bcc3e248189f9b440d.mp4 3b440b7df8bd7548b4c06e6feafd8f40 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 In the Iglulik area, this figure represents the male sex organ (usuk). A slight variation in the procedure leads to represent the penis either pointing upward (qummuasarpuq) or downward (ammuasarpuq). Such a figure -or a similar one- was collected in the 20th century mostly in the Canadian central and eastern Arctic. Closely related references (literature) "A man's anus and genitalia" (Paallirmiut), Birket-Smith 1929, I: 278, fig. 105h. (Paterson 1949: 45, fig. 154). "Uhukhuk - penis" (Inuinnait, Coronation gulf), Rasmussen 1932: 277, fig. 24. (Paterson 1949: 45, fig. 163). "Usurjuk - pénis" (Arviligjuarmiut), Mary-Rousselière 1969: 70-71, fig. 63. "Baker Lake 9" (Harvaqtuurmiut), from a film by E. Arima ("Caribou Eskimo, Baker Lake" 1969), Claassen 2015: 136-139. Mathematical concepts involved Symmetry Construction method (ISFA) Usugjuk qummuasarpuq (the penis pointing upward): 1. Position 1. Twist the RH loop one whole turn the following way: R1 passes over R5n, points down and hooks up R5n, rotating towards the body and up. Release R5 loop. R5 proximally enters R1 loop. Spread R1 and R5 wide apart (as in Position 1, but here the loop is twisted, "qipisimalluni"). 2. Proceed as in Opening A: R2 picks up L palmar string and returns, L2 enters distally R2 loop, picks up R palmar string and returns. 3. 1 and 345 proximally enter 2 loop. Allow the former 2 loop (now the whole hand loop) to slide down the hand to become a wrist loop. 4. Release 5 loop. 5 enters proximally 1 loop. Spread 1 and 5 wide apart as in Position 1. 5. Proceed as in Opening A. 6. Release the wrist loop (= with 1 and 2, seize and remove the opposite hand's dorsal string, lifting it over the hand). Extend, with fingers pointing away from the body. This is the penis (USUGJUK) pointing upward. Usugjuk ammuasarpuq (the penis pointing downward): Same steps 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 as for making the preceding figure. Only step 4 is different: release 1 loop instead of 5 loop (and 1 then shares 5 loop). 1. Position 1. Twist the RH loop one whole turn the following way: R1 passes over R5n, points down and hooks up R5n, rotating towards the body and up. Release R5 loop. R5 proximally enters R1 loop. Spread R1 and R5 wide apart (as in Position 1, but here the loop is twisted, "qipisimalluni"). 2. Proceed as in Opening A: R2 picks up L palmar string and returns, L2 enters distally R2 loop, picks up R palmar string and returns. 3. 1 and 345 proximally enter 2 loop. Allow the former 2 loop (now the whole hand loop) to slide down the hand to become a wrist loop. 4. Release 1 loop. 1 proximally enters 5 loop. Spread 1 and 5 wide apart as in Position 1. 5. Proceed as in Opening A. 6. Release the wrist loop (= with 1 and 2, seize and remove the opposite hand's dorsal string, lifting it over the hand). Extend, with fingers pointing away from the body. The penis is pointing downward. 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 USUGJUK, penis 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 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