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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