cuLIN] BALL RACE! TARAHUMARE 677 
Two wooden balls (figure 896), 24 and 2% inches in diameter; and 
two sticks (figure 897), with curved, fork-like ends, one with 
two and the other with three prongs; lengths, 244 and 26 inches. 
Collected by Dr Carl Lumholtz, who gives the name of the sticks 
as manijera,.? and of the game as el patillo. He further says, in a 
letter : ? 
The ball game of the Tarahumare women, played by two at a time, is called 
by the Tepehuan ke ta-tau-koard. The ball is beaten by a cuchara, or spoon, 
ealled tau-koua-le-ka-re. The game is begun by the ball being thrown up in the 
air and then struck to one side. 
Fig. 897. 
Fic. 89. Tossing balls for women’s race; diameters, 2} and 2} inches; Tarahumare Indians, 
Chihuahua, Mexico; cat. no. 16311, Free Museum of Science and Art, University of Pennsyl- 
vania. 
Fic. 897. Tossing sticks for women’s ball race; lengths, 24} and 26 inches; Tarahumare Indians, 
Chihuahua, Mexico; cat. no. 16312, Free Museum of Science and Art, University of Pennsyl- 
vania. 
Fig. 898. Tossing rings for women’s race; diameters, 3} and 5 inches; Tarahumare Indians, 
Chihuahua, Mexico; cat. no. 16314, Free Museum of Science and Art, University of Pennsyl- 
vania. 
Taranumare. Guachochic, Chihuahua, Mexico. (Cat. no. 16313- 
16315, Free Museum of Science and Art, University of Penn- 
sylvania. ) 
Two rings (figure 898) made of yucea fiber, wrapped with cord 
made of native wool, interlinked, one 34 and the other 5 inches 
in diameter, and two similar rings (figure 899), each 5 inches in 
diameter; accompanied by two pointed sticks (figure 900), 
slightly curved at the end, 283 and 294 inches in length. 
Collected by Dr Carl Lumholtz, who describes them as used in the 
game of la revetta.° 
* Probably manejera, from manejar, to handle. 
"Dated July 23, 1902. 
© Spanish, revuelta. 
