CULIN] HOOP AND POLE: ARAPAHO 44] 
Taking into consideration all the above facts concerning the hoop 
or ring, the writer regards the gaming hoop as referable to the netted 
hoop, which in turn may be regarded as the net shield of the twin 
War Gods. This object, which the Twins derived from their grand- 
mother, the Spider Woman, is naturally employed, with or without 
the bows or darts, as a protective amulet. The hoop or ring stands 
as the feminine symbol, as opposed to the dart or arrows, which are 
masculine. The implements of the game together represent the 
shield and the bows or darts of the War Gods. 
ALGONQUIAN STOCK 
Arapano. Wind River reservation, Wyoming. (Free Museum of 
Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania.) 
Cat. no. 36927. Hoop of sapling (figure 575), 10 inches in diameter, 
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Fic. 575. Netted hoop; diameter, 10 inches; Arapaho Indians, Wyoming; cat. no. 36927, Free Mu 
seum of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania. 
Fiac. 576. Darts for netted hoop; length, 42 inches; Arapaho Indians, Wyoming; cat. no. 36973, 
Free Museum of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania. 
covered with a network of rawhide, which passes over the edge of 
the hoop forty-five times. The hoop has been painted blue: an 
old specimen. 
Cat. no. 36973. Darts (four), consisting of willow saplings (figure 
576) forked at the end; length, about 42 inches. 
Collected by the writer in 1900. 
