CULIN] HOOP AND POLE: KWAKIUTL 519 
according to the set of thongs nearest the striking end. If the 
pole penetrates the ring, and all the thongs pass entirely through it, 
it counts 10. If one thong remains caught in the ring, it counts 1; 
if two remain, 2, and so on. The thongs attached to the interior of 
Tigua Indians, Isleta, New Mexico; cat. no. 22727, Free Museum of Science and Art, University 
of Pennsylvania. 
the ring do not count, but serve to impede the passage of the pole 
and entangle its thongs. The game is played by men and boys, but 
it has not been played in Isleta for the past fifteen years. The writer 
was told that it is regarded as a Navaho game. 
WAKASHAN STOCK 
Kwaxiutn. British Columbia. (American Museum of Natural 
History.) 
Cat. no. -4$;. Game ring (figure 682), wrapped with cedar bark; 
diameter, 94 inches; width, 2 inches; designated as lamagikala 
gagayaxala, first kane, to be thrown high. 
Cat. no.zt%s. Game ring like the preceding, 10 inches in diame- 
ter; designated as xwaligwagane, second kane, to be thrown 
high. 
Cat. no. z1%,. Game ring like the preceding, 8 inches in diameter; 
designated as tilemyu, third kane, to be thrown very low. 
Cat. no.z4$;. Game ring (figure 683), like the preceding, 14 
wide and 8} inches in diameter: designated as nepayu, the ring, 
kane, to be thrown at the other player to hurt him. 
