cuLIN] BALL JUGGLING: UINTA UTE 713 
SHOSHONEAN STOCK 
Bannock. Fort Hall reservation, Idaho. (Cat. no. 37066, Free 
Museum of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania.) 
Two perforated marbles collected by the writer in 1900. They are 
called marapai and are said to be used in juggling. 
SHosuont. Wind River reservation, Wyoming. (Cat. no. 36882, 
Free Museum of Science and Art, University of Pennsyl- 
vanla. ) 
Set of three gypsum balls (figure 931), name tapa, 2 inches in diam- 
eter. 
Collected by the writer in 1900. They are used by women in a 
juggling game, described by Dr George A. Dorsey * as follows: 
Occasionally rounded. water-worn stones are used. The Shoshoni name for 
the game is ni-w4-ta-pi ta-na-wa-ta-pi, meaning to throw with the hand. The 
usual number of balls used is three, although two or four may be used. The ob- 
ject is to keep one or more of the balls, according to the number used, in the air 
by passing them upward from one hand to the other, and vice versa, after the 
fashion of our well-known jugglers. The balls are about,an inch in diameter, 
Fig. 931. Fig. 922. 
Fig. 931. Juggling balls: diameter, 2 inches; Shoshoni Indians, Wyoming; cat. no. 36882, Free 
Musenm of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania. 
Fig. 932. Juggling balls; diameter, 1} inches; Uinta Ute Indians, White Rocks, Utah; cat. no. 
37121, Free Museum of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania. 
and are painted according to the fancy of the owner, one of the sets collected 
having been painted blue, another red, while a third set was white. Contests of 
skill with these balls are occasions of considerable betting among the women, 
stakes of importance often being wagered. The usual play of the game is when 
two or more women agree upon some objective point, such as a tree or tipi, to 
which they direct their steps, juggling the balls as they go. The individual who 
first arrives at the goal without having dropped one of the balls, or without 
having a mishap of any sort, is the winner of the contest. . . . All Sho- 
shoni who were interrogated on this point declared that the art of juggling had 
long been known by the women, and that before the advent of the whites into 
Wyoming contests for stakes among the women was one of their commonest 
forms of gambling. This game was also observed among the Bannocks, the 
Utes and the Paiutes. . . . 
Urnta Ure. White Rocks, Utah. (Cat. no. 37121, Free Museum of 
Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania.) 
Set of three red clay balls (figure 932), 14 inches in diameter. Used 
by women in a juggling game. Collected by the writer in 1901. 
«Journal of American Folk-Lore, y. 14, p. 24, Boston, 1901. 
