CULIN] SHINNY: WICHITA 625 
Pawnee. Oklahoma. (Cat. no. 59384, Field Columbian Museum. ) 
Buckskin ball (figure 804), 34 inches in diameter, flattened, with 
median seam and painted with concentric rings in color on both 
faces; on one face an outside ring of green, then red, black, and 
white, with yellow in the center; on the other, black, yellow, 
red, black, yellow, and black in the center. It has a thong for 
suspension and is accompanied with four sticks (figure 805) 
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Fig. 806. 
Fria. 804. Shinny ball; diameter, 3! inches: Pawnee Indians, Oklahoma; cat. no. 59384, Field 
Columbian Museum. 
Fic. 805. Shinny sticks: length, 34 inches; Pawnee Indians, Oklahoma; cat. no. 59384, Field 
Columbian Museum. 
Fic. 806. Goal sticks and pole for shinny; length of sticks, 43 inches; length of pole, 85 inches; 
Pawnee Indians, Oklahoma; cat. no. 59384, Field Columbian Museum. 
made of saplings about 34 inches in length, curved and knobbed 
at the end, and painted in pairs with bands of color near striking 
end; two with a green and a red band, and two with one red and 
two green bands. Also a pole (figure 806) 85 inches in length, 
with a kind of ferrule at the upper end, and the lower end 
pointed, and four stakes, 43 inches in length, designated as 
goal posts. Collected in 1901 by Dr George A. Dorsey. 
Wrenrra. Wichita reservation, Oklahoma. (Cat. no. 59305, Field 
Columbian Museum. ) 
Buckskin-covered ball (figure 807), 4 inches in diameter, with median 
seam and loop for suspension; and ball stick, 34 inches in 
length, curved, with a knot at the end. Collected by Dr George 
A. Dorsey. 
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