He Who Has No Front Teeth

Collected by Bernard Saladin D'Anglure from the Kangirsujuaq Inuit of Nunavik (the current name for the arctic portion of Quebec, Canada). The silent film Nanook of the North (1922) was shot on Nunavik's west coast.

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Step 4 - R1, from the near side and from below, removes the L1 loop; L1, from below, enters both R1 loops and returns, thus creating a shared double loop.

1 picks up 2n.

Navajo the loops on 1 (slip lower double loop over upper single loop).

Release 2 loop and extend.

The Inuit word for this series of movements is Katilluik.