formal units of spatial measurement, just as they have 
     no uniform divisions of time. The carver is indifferent to 
     the demands of the optical eye, he lets each piece fill its 
     own space, create its own world, without reference to 
     background or anything external to it. . . . In the oral 
     tradition, the myth-teller speaks as many-to-many, not 
     as person-to-person. Speech and song are addressed to 
     all. . . . As poet, myth-teller, carver, the Eskimo conveys 
     anonymous tradition to all. . . . The work of art can be 
     seen or heard equally well from any direction.

     The multidirectional space orientation, which is acoustic 
or auditory, causes the Eskimo to be much amused at 
squirming efforts of visitors to look at pictures “right-side up.” 
Pages from magazines when stuck on igloo ceilings to prevent 
dripping, often tempt the white visitor to crane his neck to see