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the middle of the reed on the concave side, denoting midda}', the mark- 

 ings on the convex side also denoting noon; c, ko'hakwa* (white medi- 

 cine), has a daub of hlack paint at each end of the concave side, indicating 

 morning and evening or sunrise and sunset, markings on the convex 

 side denoting the same; d, pahl'to (mark on the end), has a daub of 

 black paint on the concave side of the joint end denoting sunrise, which 

 to the Zunis is the first light of day, or the white light which comes 

 first, and markings on the convex side indicate the same, while three 

 dots sometimes found on the joint of the reed, not shown here, indicate 

 e3'es and mouth of the face; other reeds have only two dots, which stand 

 for the eyes. The player representing the elder God of War holds c in 

 the right hand with the con- 

 vex side exposed, the joint 

 end pointing toward him, 

 andslides the septum end of 

 h into the groove (\ leaving 

 the septum of h an inch 

 within the end of c; d is 

 then run into h in the man- 

 ner described, the septum 

 of rZ being aninch within the 

 end of h. The three reeds 

 are then transferred tp the 

 left hand and reversed, and 

 a is placed at right angles, 

 the concave side exposed, 

 the septum end pointing to 

 the left, as shown in figure 

 13. The game is passed in 

 this position back to the 

 right hand and rests upon 

 the first three fingers with 

 the thumb on the top. 



When the representative of the younger God of War plays he runs c 

 into the groove of h and a into c and crosses them with d. The reed which 

 crosses the others is designated as the thrower, but the same reed, as 

 stated, is not used by both players. In this position the reeds are 

 thrown upward against an inverted basket, 10 or 12 inches in diame- 

 ter, covered with a piece of blanket or cloth and suspended from the 

 ceiling. The reeds strike the cloth over the basket and fall to a 

 blanket spread on the floor to receive them. If played out of doors, 

 which is not usual at the present period, the basket is suspended above 

 the blanket from the apex of three poles, arranged tripod fashion, 

 with suflicient space beneath for the blanket and players. 



a Tlie fine white shell beads which «re nse.l not only ns ornaments and as money, bnt also as offer- 

 'Dgs to the gods, have the same name. 



Fig. i3— Method of plncinjr reeds in playin? sho'liwe. 



