THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM 



bangle and deer bone. Gourd rattles are used in all dances 

 and the others on specific occasions. Drums are of three 

 kinds, jar drums, wooden and sheepskin drums. Examples 

 of each are exhibited. 



Turquoise pebbles and beads and other ornaments in 

 which turquoise is used are shown in an adjacent case, fol- 

 lowed by an exhibit of stone implements, pottery paint, 

 implements for making shell beads, samples of corn and 

 other food seeds and implements used in games. Games 

 are important in the life of the Zuni, and, like most of their 

 occupations, are sacred. Their four principal games, two 

 chance games with dice and two guessing games, are sacred 

 to the Twin War Gods, and the implements used in them 

 are annually sacrificed on their shrines. The principal 

 athletic game is the kicking billet. Quoits were also used, 

 derived from the Spaniards. 



Zuni decorated pottery, shown in the next case, is made 

 only by the women in summer. The method of making it 

 is outlined in the attached labels. 



Fetiches and charms mainly compose the next exhibit. 

 Small images of stone and shell in the form of animals and 

 called wemawe, or "prey gods," were made by the Zuni 

 and treasured as charms. Naturally occurring concretions 

 or petrifactions were especially valued and believed to have 

 magic power. The six regions of the world were supposed 

 each to be guarded by a presiding animal, and the animal 

 fetiches kept by the priests were valued as mediums be- 

 tween them and the creatures represented. 



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