CULIN] BALL RACE: MONO 679 
on one side of the mesa, each group kicking before them their own ball around 
the mesa point, ascending on the opposite side. At each succeeding race the cir- 
cuit is increased, until it reaches a length of from 8 to 10 miles. : 
Mr Voth informed the writer that the balls are distinguished by 
having the mark of the kiva to 
which they belong painted on one 
side. 
Hort. Oraibi, Arizona. (Cat. 
no. 38705, Free Museum 
of Science and Art, Uni- we Lene : 
Wate = Fig. 901. Kicking balls; dimensions, 2 inches 
versity of Pennsyl yania. ) square; Hopi Indians, Oraibi, Arizona; cat. 
iiwo black/cubes made of hair and) 20: 88/05, Bree: Museum of Selence and! Art, 
a= ‘ University of Pennsylvania. 
pinon gum, with rounded cor- 
ners, about 2 inches square (figure 901). Collected by the writer 
in 1901. 
They were described as sunkoiungat, footballs, and were used in the spring 
of the year. 
Walpi, Arizona. (Cat. no. 38622, Free Museum of Science 
and Art, University of Pennsylvania.) 
Ball of hard white clay stone, 2} inches in diameter. Collected by the 
writer in 1901. 
Mr A. M. Stephen in his unpublished manuscript mentions “ kick- 
ing a nodule ahead during a run;” Hopi, wunpaya nanamiiiniwa ; 
Tewa, tibi kwanwino. In his diary he says: 
Monday, March 20 [1893]: A cold, blustering day and not many want na-na’- 
mii-i-ni-wa. Still there are a few from each kiva. They ran at usual time and 
place. 
Tuesday, March 21: Last night was rainy and to-day is cloudy, foggy, and 
showery. The decorations of the different kivas engaged in the na-na’-mii-i- 
ni-wi, I should think, must have been originally of ceremonial significance, 
but I do not find anyone who can enlighten me on that side. The racers run in 
the valley. The women watch the 
varying positions of the men of the 
different kivas. When the men are 
clustered together kicking the nod- 
ules, others on the outside of the 
hurdle watch their legs and distin- 
guish the nodules as kicked. 
i ; The name of the stone nodule 
Fic. 902. Footballs; diameter, 4! inches: Mono E Aas 2 
Indians, Madera county, California; cat. no. he gives as kiitinti; to kick the 
71440, Field Columbian Museum. nodule, winpa or wiinpa. 
Mono. Hooker cove, Madera county, California. (Cat. no. 71440, 
Field Columbian Museum.) 
Two buckskin-covered balls (figure 902) filled with hair, 44 inches 
in diameter. Collected by Dr J. W. Hudson, who describes them 
as a pair of balls for the ball race. 
Two balls are used. They are sometimes kicked as far as 15 miles. 
