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THE PIMA INDIANS 



[ETH. ANN. 



A similar shield decorated with swastika in red and white (fig. 47) 

 was collected in 1SS7 by Mr F. W. Hodge, of the Hemenway Expedi- 

 tion, and by him presented to the Free Museum of the University of 

 Pennsylvania. 



Sandals 



Some protection for the feet was necessary when on journeys across 

 the stony mesas and mountains that surround the Pima villages. 



Rawhide was the most widely used ma- 

 terial and the sandal was the form of foot 

 gear. It was kept in place b}' a single 

 thong, which passed through two holes in 

 the fi'ont of the sandal, so as to go between 

 the first and second and the fourth and 

 J -' / fifth toes, then backward obliquely across 



the foot, so that the two parts crossed each 

 other over the instep, down through a hole 

 in the end of a heel plate and around be- 

 hind the heel, where it was doubled back 

 Fig. 47. Shield. and forth two or three times before passing 



through the hole in the opposite end of the 

 heel plate, and so on forward again. The heel plate passes transversely 

 through two longitudinal slits in the heel of the sandal and is of the 

 same hard and stiff rawhide. The doubled thongs behind the heel 

 are usually wound with softer material to prevent chafing (fig. 48). 



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Yoke Straps 



Ox yokes were bound to 

 the horns of the animals by 

 long strips of hide that had 

 been roughly dressed without 

 removing the hair. The two 

 straps collected were the only 

 ones seen. It is some years 

 since they were last used for 

 this purpose, and it is not sur- 

 prising that most such straps 

 should have been employed 

 for other needs (fig. 49) . 



Fig. 4s. tiandals. 



L.VUIAT 



The u.se of the lariat was, of course, learned from the whites and 

 was developed gradually with the tardy introduction of live stock. 

 The "rope." as it is universally knt)\vn in the Southwest, is of rawhide 



