742 REPORT OF NATIONAL MU8EUM. 1896. 



Mr. Palmer states: 



A space of 10 S(]Uiin5 feet is inclosed by holes made in the gronnd (fig. 64). At 

 opposite corners on the ontside are two semicircular rows of five holes each. At Ihe 



beginning a marking stick is put in the center 

 hole A of each semicircle, and the point is to 

 play around the square, and back again to the 

 center hole. Each pair of players moves the 

 pegs in opposite directions, and whenever the 

 count is m..de that would bring the stick to the 

 hole occupied by that of the antagonist, he is 

 sent back to his original starting place. 

 The counts are as follows: 



4 round sides up = 10. 

 4 flat sides up = 5. 



When only one flat side is up, it counts what- 

 ever is marked on it; any three, counts 3, and any 

 two, 2. 



Pima. Arizona. (Cat. No. 76018, U.S.N.M.) 



Set of four sticks, T^ inclies long, i inch 



in breadth, and ^ inch in thickness. Flat 



on one side and painted Idack; opposite, 



rounded and painted red. Collected by 



Mr. Edward Palmer. Described by the 



collector as women's sticks. Two play. 



The sticks are held in the right hand, 



between the thumb and forefinger, and, 



with an underthrow, touch the ground slightly, and are let fly. 



The counts are as follows : 



4 blacks = 2. 

 4 reds = 1. 

 2 blacks = out. 



Tarahumara. Pueblo of Carichic, Chihuahua. iNIexico. (Cat. No. //jj, 

 Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., New York.) 



Set of four s])lit reeds,' 6 inches in length and ^ inch in width, 

 marked on inner, flat sides, as shown in fig. 05. Opposite sides i)lriin. 

 Used in the game of Ro-ma-la-ka, or Quince (Plate 0). They call the 

 sticks Ro-ma-la. 



Tepeguana. Talayote, near Nabogame, Chihuahua, Mexico. (Cat. 

 No. /i\, Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., New York.) 



Set of four ash-wood sticks, 18^ inches in length, f incii broad, and 

 ^ inch thick, marked on one side with incised lines smeared with red 

 l)aint (Plate 10, fig. 1); reverse, plain. 



Tepeguana. Chihuahua, Mexico. (Cat. No. trro, Amer. ^lus. Nat. 

 Hist., New York.) 



Set of four ash-wood sticks identical with the preceding, except that 

 they are 10^ inches in length. (Plate 10, fig. 2.) 



' Called by the natives tubar. 



