cuLIN] HOOP AND POLE 429 
a long down feather attached to the face of the net. Of two similar 
charms from the Grosventres (Algonquian) of Fort Belknap, Mon- 
tana, in the Field Columbian Museum (cat. no. 60337, 60334), one is 
netted (figure 559), while the other is a simple hoop (figure 560) 
with buckskin thongs crossing at right angles. These are described 
by Doctor Dorsey, the collector, as hachieb, formerly much worn on 
the head and hair as a protection against dangers of various sorts. 
Analogous hoops are attached to two “medicine cords” (figures 
561, 562) from the Chiricahua Apache, figured by Capt. John G. 
Bourke.* 
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Fig. 558. Fig. 560. 
Fig. 558. Hair ornament (netted hoop); diameter, 2} inches; Crow Indians, Montana; cat. no. 
38505, Free Museum of Science and Art, University of ‘Pennsylvania. 
Fig. 559. Protective amulet (netted hoop); diameter, 2} inches; Grosyentre Indians, Montana; 
eat. no. 60337, Field Columbian Museum. 
Fig. 560. Protective amulet (hoop); diameter, 2 inches; Grosventre Indians, Montana; cat. no. 
60334, Field Columbian Museum. 
Small rings of twisted grass are used as amulets by the Navaho, as 
illustrated by specimens collected by Dr Edward Palmer (figure 563 
a, 6), in the United States National Museum (cat. no. 9539). Sim- 
ilar illustrations of netted hoops and related rings might be multiplied 
almost indefinitely, and specimens may be found in every considerable 
collection of modern Indian ceremonial costume. From a sugges- 
tion made by Mr Louis L. Meeker, some, if not all, of these objects 
may be identified with gaming rings. He writes that the Cheyenne 
in Oklahoma use a hair ornament, consisting of a small ring, which 
*The Medicine Man of the Apache. Ninth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, 
p. 551, 1892. 
