f AMES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS [ern ann. 24 
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they wear as a token of prowess in a game called hohtsin, in which a 
rolling target, consisting of a netted wheel, is used. Later he trans- 
mitted to the writer from the Oglala of Pine Ridge reservation, 
South Dakota, such a hair ornament, tahosmu, which the Indians of 
this tribe wear as a token of prowess in the elk game, kaga woskate. 
Tt consists of a ring of bent twig (figure 564), 24 inches in diameter, 
wrapped with colored porcupine quills, with an internal cross, and 
thongs for fastening." 
Fig. 561. Fig. 563, 
Fia. 561. Four-strand medicine cord; Chiricahua Apache Indians, Arizona; from Bourke. 
Fig. 562. Three-strand medicine cord; Chiricahua Apache Indians, Arizona; from Bourke. 
Fig.563a,b. Amulets of scented grass; diameters, ]}and 1} inches; Navaho Indians, New Mexico; 
eat. no. 9539, United States National Museum. 
An examination of two similar hair ornaments collected by the 
writer in 1900 from the Arapaho of the Wind River reservation, 
Wyoming, reveals the fact that they are miniature gaming hoops, one 
(figure 565: cat no. 37003, Free Museum of Science and Art of the 
«Mr Charles L. Owen informs the writer that the miniature gaming hoops in the Field 
Columbian Museum, collected by him from the White Mountain Apache in Arizona in 1904, 
were worn by men who played the pole game, as amulets to secure success in that game. 
