496 GAMES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS [ETH. Ann, 24 
Horr. Oraibi, Arizona. (Field Columbian Museum.) 
Cat. no. 66927 to 66932. Ring of corn husk, 7 inches in diameter, 
half overwrapped with white and half with red cord, and four 
corncob darts, each with two feathers and wooden points, from 
104 to 124 inches in length (figure 650). 
Fig. 650. Corn-husk game ring and corncob darts; diameter of ring, 7 inches: Hopi Indians, 
Oraibi, Arizona; cat. no. 66927-66932, Field Columbian Museum. 
Collected in 1898 by Rev. H. R. Voth, who furnishes the following 
account : 
This game is generally designated by the term “throwing the wheel” or 
“throwing at the wheel” and is usually played by boys. The wheel is thrown 
on the ground, and the spears or arrows, which are held so that the middle 
finger runs between the two arrows, are thrown at it. The arrows are often 
also thrown into the air; when they descend, the pressure of the air causes them 
to rotate rapidly. In the O&q6l ceremony the women shoot with similar but 
somewhat larger arrows at wheels, which are said to represent shields. It was 
