468 GAMES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS  [era. Ann. 24 
Cat. no. 59393. Hoop (figure 608) of sapling, 13 inches in diameter, 
entirely covered with hide sewed with the seam on the inner side, 
one-half of the hoop painted red and the other half black, hav- 
ing eight bunches of deer claws attached by thongs passing 
through the hide covering. 
Cat. no. 59395. Hoop (figure 609) of sapling, 84 inches in diameter, 
tied with cotton cord, having a blue glass bead attached by a 
thong at the place of juncture and an eagle tail feather and down 
feather also fastened on by thongs. 
Cat. no. 59409. Ring (figure 610) of hide, wrapped with buckskin, 
4 inches in diameter, and two poles, 54 inches in length, each 
wrapped with buckskin and having two crosspieces lashed across, 
as shown in figure 611. 
Fie. 610. Ring for buffalo game; diameter, 4 inches; Pawnee Indians, Oklahoma; cat. no. 59409, 
Field Columbian Museum, 
Fic. 611. Poles for buffalo game; length, 54 inches; Pawnee Indians, Oklahoma; cat. no. 59409, 
Field Columbian Museum. 
The fore ends of the poles are carved with a kind of knob which is 
said to represent the penis of the buffalo. The rear ends have curved 
pieces attached, which turn forward. Small wooden forks are lashed 
to the sides of the crosspieces and a handle-shaped piece in front of 
the forward fork of each pole. 
Another ring in the same collection (cat. no. 71602) has a white 
‘shell bead attached to the outer edge. 
Cat. no. 71682. , Ring of cloth, wrapped with buckskin, 5 inches in 
diameter, and a pole, 47 inches long, with two prongs, made 
of sapling, wrapped with buckskin, each prong with six double 
strips and one single strip of rawhide wrapped in the buckskin 
and projecting inward, as shown in figure 612. These are desig- 
nated by the collector as implements for the buffalo game. 
All of the preceding were collected by Dr George A. Dorsey. 
In the story of “ Blood-clot Boy ” * Doctor Dorsey describes the boy 
«Traditions of the Skidi Pawnee, p. 84, New York, 1904. 
