556 GAMES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS  [eTu. Ann. 24 
Asstntporn. Fort Belknap, Montana. (Cat. no. 3¢;, American 
Museum of Natural History.) 
Seven phalangeal bones strung on a thong, with a triangular piece 
of buckskin, perforated with holes, attached at one end and a wire 
needle at the other; total length, 31 inches. Collected by Dr 
A. Li. Kroeber. 
Dakota (Bruits). South Dakota. (Cat. no. 27528, Peabody 
Museum of American Archeology and Ethnology.) 
String of five worked phalangeal bones of deer (figure 738), on a 
thong, to the end of which a needle is attached. 
Collected by Miss Alice C. Fletcher. 
They are used only by women. The bones are swung in a circle very rapidly, 
and caught upon the pin, which in ancient times was made of bone. 
Fic. 738. Cup and pin; Brulé Dakota Indians, South Dakota; cat. no. 27528, Peabody Museum 
of American Archeology and Ethnology. 
Daxora (Ociata). Pine Ridge agency, South Dakota. (Cat. no. 
99192, Free Museum of Science and Art, University of 
Pennsylvania. ) 
Six phalangeal bones of deer (figure 739), strung on a thong 11 
inches in length, with a brass needle, 5 inches in length, attached 
at one end of the thong, and 
seven loops of variegated 
glass beads at the other 
end. 
The bones are fluted at the 
upper edge, except the one near- 
est the needle, which has small 
Fig. 739. Tasiha; length of implement, 23} alee r | ay Tor They 
inches; Oglala Dakota Indians, South Dakota: 1Oles  aroune the ec ge. 1ey 
cat. no, 22122, Free Museum of Science and were made by Winvanhopa. 
Art, University of Pennsylvania : ae the i 
“Elegant Woman,” and col- 
lected by Mr Louis L. Meeker, who describes it as an implement from 
the woman’s game of tasiha. 
The strand is swung in the air, and the wire thrust into one of the 
bones, counting from 1 to 4 (or 5) in order, or as many as the number 
of loops passed through. Some number as many as six bones on one 
string. 
