CULIN] HAND GAME: PAWNEE OT5. 
and one notch on the other, and the other with incised crosses, 
one on each side of each end of the stick. 
Cat. no. 71650. Two downy crane feathers, one faintly painted red, 
the other green. Mounted on small twigs; total length about 
12 inches. 
Fic. 356. Counting sticks for hand game; length, 12 inches; Pawnee Indians, Oklahoma; cat. 
no. 71647, Field Columbian Museum. 
Cat. no. 71647. Set of eight sticks (figure 356), 12 inches in length; 
painted red, with a small cross incised near the top, and each 
having a hoop, 3% inches in diameter, made of a twig, attached 
by a thong. The inner half of each hoop is wrapped with sinew, 
and the hoop is bisected with a thong of buckskin having two 
feathers tied in the middle and one on each side of the rim. 
Cat. no. 71649. Two wooden pins, each with four cut feathers tied at 
top; total length, 12 inches. 
Cat. no. 71603. Cane whistle, 16} inches in length, covered, except 
near the mouth, with painted buckskin having feathers attached. 
Cat. no. 71648. Set of eight counting sticks, peeled twigs; 16 inches in 
length. . 
All the foregoing were collected by Dr George A. Dorsey. 
