cvLry] DOUBLE BALL: MISSISAUGA 653 
Cree. Edmonton, Alberta. (Cat. no. 15060, Field Columbian Mu- 
seum.) 
A buckskin bag (figure 858), 12 inches in length, the ends filled with 
sand: anda curved stick, 37 inches in length. Collected by Isaac 
Cowie and described as used by women in playing handball. 
Menominer. Shawano, Wisconsin. (Cat. no. 37958, Free Museum 
of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania.) 
Double ball (figure 859), consisting of two slender buckskin bags, 
united in the center by a thong 5} inches in length; total length, 
10} inches. 
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Fig. 858. 
FG. 858. Double ball and stick; length of ball, 12inches; length of stick,37 inches; Cree Indians, 
Alberta; cat. no. 15060, Field Columbian Museum. 
Fic. 859. Double ball; length, 10} inches; Menominee Indians, Shawano, Wisconsin; cat. no. 
37958, Free Museum of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania. 
This was collected by F. X. Steinbrecker in 1890 and is described 
on an appended label as a superstitious toy used by females at joyous 
feasts. 
A Menominee Indian informed the author in Washington that the 
women of this tribe play the game with the long double ball, which 
they call cuachiciwuk. 
Missisauca. Rice lake, Ontario. 
G. Copway @ says: 
Doubtless the most interesting of all games is the Maiden’s Ball Play. in the 
Ojibway language, pah-pah-se-Kah-way. The majority of those who take part 
in this play are young damsels, although married women are not excluded. 
“The Traditional History and Characteristic Sketches of the Ojibway Nation, p. 55, 
Boston, 1851 
