CULIN] HOOP AND 
of the lodge Hasjelti entered, followed by 
(the concentrated winds) four times over 
hoots. Hostjoghon then waved his turkey 
wands about the head and body of the in- 
valid, and the first day’s ceremony was at 
an end. 
A stone ring from the Cheyenne of 
Oklahoma, in the United States Na- 
tional Museum (cat. no. 166029) is 
described by the collector, Rey. H. R. 
Voth, as a medicine wheel (figure 
572). Itconsists of a flat ring of lime- 
stone, 44 inches in diameter, painted 
red, and inscribed with deep grooves, 
POLE 437 
Hostjoghon. He passed the square 
the head of the invalid during his 
Fig. 572. Stone medicine ring; diame- 
ter, 4} inches; Cheyenne Indians, Okla- 
homa; cat. no. 166029, United States 
National Museum. 
simulating wrappings, extending around it. On the face are engraved 
a star and opposite to ita moon. This ring serves to illustrate the trans- 
formation of the cloth- or buckskin-wrapped ring into one of stone. 
Fig. 573. Gaming wheel and sticks used in Ghost dance; Dakota Indians. South Dakota: from 
Mooney. 
Actual practical game rings are used ceremonially at the present 
day. The writer saw a practical netted hoop worn on the back of 
