eULIN] HOOP AND POLE: SHOSHONI 499 
about + inches in length, to which single feathers, twisted some- 
what spirally, are bound with fiber. Collected by Dr Edward 
Palmer. 
Paiurr. Pyramid lake, Nevada. (Cat. no. 19059, United States Na- 
tional Museum.) 
Small wooden hoop (figure 654), 2% inches in diameter, tightly wound 
with a strip of buckskin; and a straight, peeled twig, 19 inches in 
length. 
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Fig. 654. Game ring and dart; diameter of ring, 2} inches; length of dart, 19 inches; Paiute 
Indians, Pyramid lake, Nevada; cat. no. 19059, United States National Museum. 
The collector, Mr Stephen Powers, gives the following account of 
the game in his catalogue: 
Peisheen, ring play. The ring is rolled on the ground, and a rod shot after it 
in such a way as to have the ring fall and lie on it. 
SHosHont. Wyoming. (Cat. no. 5,;32%qq, American Museum of 
Natural History.) 
Fic. 655. Game ring; diameter, 13} inches; Shoshoni Indians, Wyoming; cat. no. 53/;, American 
Museum of Natural History. 
Fig. 656. Darts for ring game; length, 26 inches; Shoshoni Indians, Wyoming; cat. no. sqa2“saa9, 
American Museum of Natural History. 
Hide-covered ring (figure 655), sewed with sinew, the interior filled 
with cotton cloth. Diameter of ring, 134 inches; of section. 24 
inches. Two wooden clubs (figure 656),26 inches in length and 
about 14 inches in diameter, with three knobs, 4 inches in length, 
one at the extreme end and the others about equidistant along the 
body of the club. The first of these knobs is covered with buck- 
skin painted red, the second with buckskin painted yellow, and 
the third red. The handle of one is covered with yellow-painted 
buckskin and is perforated by a hole through which a thong 
is attached, terminating in two long tassels of yellow-painted 
