cULIN] DICE GAMES: HOPI 161 
Inscribed stone for game of totolospi (figure 192). 
Two slips of cane, 3? inches in length, marked on the 
round side with burned designs (figure 193), dice used with the 
above. 
Cat. no. 55354. 
Cat. no. 55356. 
These were collected in 1899 by Rev. H. R. Voth, who describes 
the game as follows: 
There are two opposing parties, each of which may consist of one or more 
persons. 
The diagram is made smaller or larger, according to the number of 
players. Each player has one piece, or animal as the Hopi call it, and before 
starting the pieces are placed on the circles in the space that is depicted run- 
ning into the center of the diagram. This space is made either in a straight, 
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Fic. 191. Stone board for cane dice; length of diagram, 8 inches; Hopi Indians, Oraibi, Ari- 
zona; cat. no. 55353, Field Columbian Museum, 
Fia.192. Stone board for cane dice; length of diagram, 5 inches; Hopi Indians, Oraibi, Arizona; 
cat. no. 55354, Field Columbian Museum. 
Fic. 193. Cane dice; length, 3 inches; Hopi Indians, Oraibi, Arizona; cat. no, 55356, Field 
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winding, or coiled form. The number of sticks used varies; generally, how- 
ever, either two or three are used. These are dropped upon the floor on end. 
All white or all figured sides up count. The players throw until the sticks do 
not all present the same side. The pieces are put into the outside circles and 
move from left to right. Under certain conditions, which have not yet been 
fully studied, they are put forward over more than one point or are returned 
to the place of starting. 
Horr. Oraibi, Arizona. (Free Museum of Science and Art, Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania). 
Cat. no. 38611. Sandstone slab, 9 inches long, inscribed with dia- 
gram, consisting of an ellipse, with 5 transverse lines on each 
side and three circles arranged as shown in figure 194. 
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