CULIN] HAND GAME: WICHITA 2 
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twelve unusually well-made arrows about 20 inches in length, 
with sharp points; the feathering regular and of good work- 
manship; six painted blue and six yellow. 
Cat. no. 59355. Half a set of counting sticks (figure 358); six 
arrows, uniformly painted and well made, with sharpened points 
that show evidence of having been repeatedly thrust into the 
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Fic. 358. Counting sticks for hand game; length, 26 inches; Wichita Indians, Oklahoma; cat. 
no. 59355, Field Columbian Museum. 
ground. They are well feathered and painted blue for the greater 
part of their length. The portion to the extent of about 2 inches 
nearest to and including the feathering is painted yellow. 
Cat. no. 59346. Set of counting sticks (figure 359) ; eight unpainted 
arrows, 244 inches in length, which terminate abruptly in blunt 
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Fig. 359. Counting sticks for hand game; length, 24; and 14} inches; Wichita Indians, Oklahoma; 
cat. no. 59346, Field Columbian Museum. 
points: the feathering is well done, but unusually short; also 
four undecorated wooden shafts. 
Cat. no. 59227. Set of eight counting sticks, 20 inches long, with 
blunt points at one end and at the other a bunch of small eagle 
feathers. One half the shafts in this set are painted blue and 
the other half red. 
