CULIN] HIDDEN-BALL GAME: TIGUA 369 
have the advantage. There is no count when the tubes are changed. In draw- 
ing the tubes, sometimes the drawer announces his choice before he draws. In 
this case he announces that the stick will be found in such and such a tube, 
Fig. 487. Wooden tubes for hiding game; height,9} inches; Tewa Indians, Santa Clara, New 
Mexico; cat. no. 176706, United States National Museum. 
Fic. 488. Wooden tubes for hiding game; height, 11 inches; Tewa Indians, Santa Clara, New 
Mexico; cat. no. 21585, Free Museum of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania. 
naming the tube. The names of the tubes, which are distinguished by their 
markings, are pin-do-@ (pin-d0-tsi-ki), Spanish cinchado, girthed; se@n-do’, Sp. 
viejo, old ; wé-pi’, Sp. uno, one; wée’-gi, Sp. dos, two. This is only an incident in the 
game, the draws and counts proceeding always 
in accordance with the rules given. This ac- SS OSS, c= 
count might be prolonged greatly by the relation = 
of mere incidents, such as the singing, the hiding 
of the stick, some peculiar ceremonies antecedent \| 
to, and some following after, the game. This is N 
undoubtedly an Indian game, though it can not x 
have originated among the Tewan pueblos. It is 
known among them as canute, a name certainly \ 
coming from the Spanish cana, a reed. This same Ww 
name obtains among the Utes and Apaches, tribes 
closely associated with the Pueblos. The Santa = >= 
Claras sometimes call the game ki-kii’-wa-6-pfe, PD WN oe Me 
meaning the inclosed or shut up (tapado) stick ; One é 
it does not mean exactly “the hidden stick.” py¢.489. Wooden wibes for hiding 
Kii-ku-wii means to inclose, shut up, Spanish game; height, 6 inches; Tigua 
tapar. This is a mere designation, however ap- Indians, ange shee Mexico; 
é c - . cat. no. 21593, Free Museum of 
propriate it JEN sound, BIETe being other desig- aenc ean Gmtiniversityor 
nations of a like appropriate nature among Pennsylvania. 
other Tewan pueblos and, for that matter, 
among the Santa Claras themselves. 
Ticua. Taos, New Mexico. (Cat. no. 21593, Free Museum of Science 
and Art, University of Pennsylvania.) 
Four hollow cylinders of wood closed at one end, 62 inches in height 
and 12 inches in diameter, with an internal bore of three-eighths 
of an inch; marked, by burning, with the designs shown in fig- 
ure 489. 
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