548 GAMES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS [e7H. ann. 24 
Eskimo (Laprapor). Ungayva bay, Labrador. (United States Na- 
tional Museum. ) 
Cat. no. 90227. Skull of a hare having several holes drilled in the 
upper part, with a radius of a hare attached by a thong (figure 
724). Collected by Mr Lucien M. Turner. 
Cat. no. 3478. Similar skull with bone attached, but with no perfora- 
tions in the cranium. 
Fort Chimo, Labrador. 
Mr Lucien M. Turner“ says: 
A favorite game, something like cup and ball, is played with the following 
implements: A piece of ivory is shaped into the form of an elongate cone and 
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Fic. 724. Skull used in the game of ajegaung, 1/1; length, 3) inches: Labrador Eskimo, Ungava 
bay: cat. no. 90227, United States National Museum; from Boas. 
has two deep notches or steps cut from one side [figure 725]. In the one next 
the base are bored a number of small holes and one or two holes in the upper 
step. The apex has a single hole. On the opposite side of the base two holes 
are made obliquely, that they will meet. and through them is threaded a short 
piece of thong. To the other end of the thong is attached a peg of ivory. 
about 4 inches long. The game is that the person holding the plaything shall, by 
au dexterous swing of the ball, catch it upon the ivory peg held in the hand. 
The person engages to catch it a certain number of times in succession, and on 
failure to do so allows the opponent to try, her skill. The skull of a hare is 
often substituted for the ivory ball, and a few perforations are made in the 
walls of the skull to receive the peg. It requires a great amount of practice to 
eatch the ball, as the string is so short that one must be quick to thrust the peg 
in before it describes the part of a small cirele. 
*Pthnology of the Ungava District, Hudson Bay Territory. Eleventh Annual Report 
of the Bureau of Ethnology, p. 255, 1894. 
