542 GAMES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS [eru. ann. 24 
form, about 14 inches broad at base. These are fastened together by a cord 
about 14 inches long in the same manner as our cup and ball, which this game 
closely resembles in method of playing. When a man called upon a Penobscot 
girl to play ah-du’-is, they seated themselves, tailor-fashion, on a robe or skin. 
The man, taking the sharp-pointed bone, holds it spear fashion, allowing the 
roll of moose hair to hang down the length of the string. Then, swinging it up, 
he strikes at it, the object being to impale it on the point of the bone. The game 
consists of a given number of points. If the first attempt is successful and 
the bone remains impaled upon the point of the bone, it counts 1, and the 
player continues until he fails. Then it is passed to the girl. If his company 
is agreeable to her, she continues the game to the end; but if, on her first suc- 
cessful thrust, instead of continuing, she hands the ah-du’-is to him, it means 
that his company is not acceptable. 
Sauk anp Foxes. Tama, Iowa. (Cat. no. 36755, Free Museum of 
Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania.) 
Six perforated wooden cones (figure 713), strung on a thong with 
an iron needle made of an arrowhead ground down, attached to a 
silk ribbon fastened at the opposite end; total length, 114 inches. 
Collected by the writer in 1900. 
Said to be played by a boy and a girl together, and called ni-bi-quai-ha-ki. 
Fig. 718. Nibiquaihaki; length of implement, 11} inches; Sauk and Fox Indians, Iowa; cat. no. 
no. 36755, Free Museum of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania. 
Two specimens of the same implement exist in the American 
Museum of Natural History (cat. no. 35$;, 3235). Collected by 
Dr William Jones. He gave the name to the writer as nibiquihok, 
elm-tree eyes. When the last cone is caught on the pin, it counts 2; 
any other counts 1. There is a small strip of perforated leather at 
the extreme end. ‘To catch one of the holes in this counts 5; to catch 
the thong with the pin between the pin and the first cone counts 10. 
The first implement has seven and the other six cones. 
ATHAPASCAN STOCK 
Hura. Hupa valley, California. (Cat. no. 37209, Free Museum of 
Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania.) 
Implement for game of |iollkis. Four salmon bones (figure 714), 
vertebree, perforated and strung on a cord, 17 inches long, fas- 
tened at the base or handle of a pointed stick 12 inches long, the 
object being to throw up and catch the bone on the point. Col- 
lected by the writer in 1900. 
Men play, one against another, each using an implement. Catching one bone 
counts 1; two bones, 2; and so on, If a player misses, the other plays. Four 
peints is the game. 
