CULIN] SNOW-SNAKE: POMO 413 
which would be the remaining three fingers; then, stooping toward the ground, 
the snake is held horizontally over the rut in the snow, and with a few quick 
short steps is thrown with considerable force along the rut. Sides are chosen 
to play the game. The snake which runs farthest wins, and a count is made by 
each snake which leads all upon the opposite side. 
Tuscarora. New York. (Cat. no. 16340, Free Museum of Science 
and Art, University of Pennsylvania.) 
Four sticks of hard wood, shaved to a point, 414 inches in length; 
designated as throwing sticks, ka-te nyi-ta. 
KIOWAN STOCK 
Toowa. Oklahoma. (Cat. no. 152906, United States National Mu- 
seum. ) 
Bone slider, consisting of a piece of rib bone (figure 532), 44 inches 
in length, the upper concave face marked with small holes, having 
two feathers stuck on wooden pegs in one end; total length, 17 
inches. Collected by Mr James Mooney. 
Fig. 532. Feathered bone slider; length, 17 inches; Kiowa Indians, Oklahoma; cat. no. 152906, 
United States National Museum, 
KULANAPAN STOCK 
Pomo. Seven miles south of Ukiah, Mendocino county, California. 
(Cat. no. 70945, Field Columbian Museum.) 
Fic. 533. Ground-coasting arrows; average length, 3 feet; Pomo Indians, Mendocino county, 
California; cat. no. 70945, Field Columbian Museum. 
Thirteen sticks (figure 533), with butt ends marked in pairs with 
burned devices; average length, 3 feet. 
Collected by Dr J. W. Hudson, who describes them as ground- 
coasting arrows, called mului, a name also applied to a process of 
