cULIN] DICE GAMES: ZUNI 911 
Zunt. Zuni, New Mexico. (Cat. no. 69289, United States National 
Museum. ) 
Two sets, each of four sticks, one 7? inches and the other 7 inches 
in length; made in pairs, like the preceding, of split reed. 
The inner sides of the reed are painted like the preceding. The 
outer sides of the longer set are unmarked, while those of the shorter 
set are marked, as shown in figure 285. 
Fig. 285. Sacrificial cane dice (obverse); Zuni Indians, Zuni, New Mexico; cat. no. 69289, United 
States National Museum. 
Mr Cushing informed me that these two sets were used together, 
also for sacrificial purposes, the longer one being offered to Ahaiyuta 
and the shorter to Matsailema.¢ 
New Mexico. (United States National Museum.) 
Cat. no. 69277. Set of four sticks, 64 inches in length and one- 
half inch uf width, made of split cane; the imner sides painted 
like the preceding, znd the rounded sides scratched with cross 
marks, as shown in figure 286. Collected by Col. James Ste- 
venson. 
Fig. 286. Fig. 287. 
Fic. 286. Cane dice (obyerse); length, 6} inches; Zuii Indians, Zuni, New Mexico; cat. no. 
69277, United States National Museum. 
Fic. 287. Cane dice (obverse); length, 6 inches; Zuni Indians, Zuni, New Mexico; cat. no. 69278, 
United States National Museum. 
Cat. no. 69278. Set of four sticks, 6 inches in length and one-half 
inch in width, made of split cane; the inner sides painted like 
the preceding, and the rounded sides marked with cuts, as shown 
in figure 287. 
*MA&tsailema is somewhat shorter in stature than his twin brother, and all of his 
things are made somewhat shorter. He always wears a shorter war club and a shorter 
bow (Cushing). 
