308 GAMES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS _ [pru. ann. 24 
Four bones (figure 402), 1 inch in diameter and 3 to 34 inches in 
length; two wrapped with a broad leather band. 
Cat. no. 37064. Twenty willow sticks (figure 403), pointed at one 
end, 14 inches in length, used as counters. 
‘These were collected by the writer in 1900. The bones are called 
tipo. 
Fig. 403. 
Fic. 402. Bones for hand game; length, 3 to 3} inches; Bannock Indians, Idaho; cat. no. 37062, Free 
Museum of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania. 
Fia. 403. Counting sticks for hand game; length, 14inches; Bannock Indians, Idaho: cat. no. 37064, 
Free Museum of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania. 
Bannock. Fort Hall reservation, Idaho. (Cat. no. 60926, Field 
Columbian Museum.) 
Four solid bones, 4§ inches in length, beautifully polished from long 
use and yellow with age; two wrapped in the center with a 
piece of calico, black with dirt, and sewed with black thread. All 
the bones, near one end, have a constriction as the result of exca- 
vation when they were fashioned. At each end are two incised 
bands, like the cut of a sharp instrument. Accompanied with 
a long buckskin pouch case, with drawstring and fringe, the 
drawstring long enough to be fastened in belt. Collected by 
Dr George A. Dorsey, who gives the native name as niowin. 
Another set in the same collection (cat. no. 60925) consists of 
four leg bones, 2% inches in length and 1 inch in diameter. The 
bones are cut off square and much worn and polished. Two 
are wrapped in the middle with a piece of buckskin, black from 
