cuLIN] : HOOP AND POLE: DAKOTA 5038 
Daxora (Ociata). Pine Ridge reservation, South Dakota. (Free 
Museum of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania.) 
Cat. no. 21945. Hoop of sapling, 25 inches in diameter (figure 664), 
with incised marks on both sides, as shown in figure 665. 
The first, a, nearest the junction, consists of three incised rings 
painted red; the next, b, is cut on both sides for about 14 inches and 
marked with black, burnt scratches; the third, c, c, has a cut on both 
sides, marked on one with a cross and on the other with a single notch 
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Fig. 666. 
Fig. 664. Game hoop; diameter, 25 inches; Oglala Dakota Indians, Pine Ridge reservation, South 
Dakota; cat. no. 21945, Free Museum of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania. 
Fic. 665. Marks on game hoop; Oglala Dakota Indians, Pine Ridge reservation, South Dakota; 
cat. no. 21945, Free Museum of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania. 
Fic. 666. Darts for hoop game; length, 39} inches; Oglala Dakota Indians, Pine Ridge reser- 
vation, South Dakota; cat. no. 21945, Free Museum of Science and Art, University of 
Pennsylvania. 
in the middle, the faces being painted red; the fourth, d, is cut witha 
similar flat face on both sides, 1} inches in length, with five trans- 
verse equidistant notches, all painted red. 
Four rounded sticks, 394 inches in length, slightly larger at the butt, 
wrapped with thongs, as shown in figure 666, and held in pairs 
by thongs 11 inches in length. 
One pair has the butts painted red and a small strip of red flannel 
tied to the connecting thong, and the other has black butts with a blue 
