evErn] HOOP AND POLE: PAWNEE 467 
Cat. no. 71646. Hoop of sapling, 15 inches in diameter, similar to 
that last deseribed, but painted in four colors—green, red, blue, 
and having owl and flicker, instead of eagle, feathers. 
and yellow 
Fig. 606. 
Fic. 606. Game hoop; diameter, 13 inches: Pawnee Indians, Oklahoma; cat. no. 59394, Field 
Columbian Museum. 
Fic. 607. Hoop and poles; diameter of hoop, 25 inches; length of poles, 50 inches; Pawnee Indians, 
Oklahoma; cat. no. 59390, Field Columbian Museum. 
Cat. no. 59390. Hoop (figure 607) of sapling, 25 inches in diameter, 
with a buckskin thong bisecting it and a shell bead strung in the 
center. Twenty-four single feathers and bunches of feathers 
Fig. 609. 
Game hoop; diameter, 13 inches: Pawnee Indians, Oklahoma: cat. no. 59393, Field 
Columbian Museum. 
Fic. 608. 
Fic. 609. Game hoop: diameter, 8} inches; Pawnee Indians, Oklahoma; cat. no. 59895, Field 
Columbian Museum. 
are tied with thongs around the circumference. Accompanied 
by two poles, 50 inches in length, made in two pieces, joined with 
thongs and tapering from butt to tip. 
