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Fig. 49. Yoke straps 



made in a 4-ply braid, rounded by povindinjj; when wet. The .sHp 



noose at the outer end i.s supplied witli an ingenious loop made by 



foldinij; a heavy piece of 



rawhide three or four 



times and bringing the 



ends together to form 



an oval ring. The end 



of the rope is passed 



through a longitudinal 



slit in one end of the ring 



and by a braided en- 

 largement prevented 



from beuig pulled out 



again. Astrip of rawhide 



about 1 em. in width is 



rolled in the interior of 



the ring, and passing 



through a transverse 



cut close to one end it 



is cont inued around the 



outside, being itself slit 



where the rope enters 



the ring, and also pass- 

 ing under two loops made by catching up the outer layer of hide 



on the ring it then passes through a 

 transverse slit in the outer and over- 

 lapping end of the ring and is knotted. 

 It therefore passes twice around the 

 ring and is the only means of vmiting 

 the ends of it. When hardened the 

 ring is large enough to permit free play 

 of the rope through it." 



Horned To.mj Effic.v 



Among the most highly prized objects 

 made of leather by the Pimas, found 

 by the writer, was a life-sized efligy of a 

 horned toad. It is of deerskin, orna- 

 mented with white beads, as shown in 

 figure .'SO, a. It was useil in the cure 

 of the toad disease by being passed 

 over the affected j)art. This act and 

 the singing of the toad songs effected a complete cure, our informant 

 believed. Figure 50, h, is a photograph of a living horned toad. 



Length of lariat, 13.93 m.: diameter, 9 mm. Length ol loop ring, 6 cm.: width, 4 cm. 



Fig. 51), a. Hornt'd loadelBgy.of dci-r.skin. 



