620 GAMES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS _ [£7TH. Ann. 24 
Cat. no. 165856. Another (figure 794), a flattened sphere with me- 
dian seam, encompassed with thong, with a loop for suspension ; 
diameter, 3 inches. 
Both were collected by Rev. H. R. Voth. 
Cat. no. 152903. Shinny stick (figure 795), curved and expanded at 
the end, with incised design of an 
elk and eagle, painted yellow, with 
half the striking end green; length, 
39 inches. Collected by Mr James 
Mooney. 
CHEYENNE. Oklahoma. (Cat. no. 
67443, 67445, Field Columbian 
Fig. 794. Shinny ball; diameter, 3 in- : HAS 
ches; Cheyenne Indians,Oklahoma; Wo shinny sticks; length 332 and 372 
cat, no. 165856, United States Na- inches. Collected by Rev. H. R. 
tional Museum. = ; . 
Voth in 1890. 
The following appears on the label: 
Used in an old ball game which was very seldom played, but was revived 
during the Ghost-dance craze among the Cheyenne and Arapaho, with other 
games and ceremonies that had been nearly forgotten. The ball was rolled 
and struck along the ground, generally within the circle of the dancers. 
Fig. 795, Shinny stick; length, 35 inches; Cheyenne Indians, Oklahoma; cat. no. 152903, United 
States National Museum. 
Cheyenne reservation, Montana. (Cat. no. 69979, Field Co- 
lumbian Museum. ) 
Shinny stick and ball (figure 797); the ball of buckskin, flattened, 
with median seam, 32 inches in, diameter, and painted red; the 
stick a sapling, curved at right angles at striking end, 31 inches 
in length. Collected in 1901 by Mr S. C. Simms, who describes 
the game as played by young girls. 
CHIPPEWA. Turtle mountain, North Dakota. (Cat. no. -2%,, Amer- 
ican Museum of Natural History. ) 
Buckskin ball, flattened, with median seam, 44 inches in diameter, 
painted with a cross in red on both faces and a red circle around 
the middle. The ball is very heavy and is probably weighted 
with clay. 
Buckskin ball (figure 798) with median seam, with a Greek cross in 
yellow beads on one face, a green bead cross on the other, and a 
band of yellow beads around the seam. 
