718 GAMES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS [eru. ann. 24 
WAKASHAN STOCK 
Hesquraut. Vancouver island, British Columbia. (Cat. no. IV 
A 1489, Berlin Museum fiir Vélkerkunde.) 
Battledoor (figure 937), wooden plaque, with a handle of the same 
piece, 14 inches in length; and shuttlecock (figure 938), a twig 
tied with three feathers. Collected by Capt. Samuel Jacobsen. 
Kwaxkiutt. Nawiti, British Columbia. 
Dr C. F. Newcombe gives the name of the battledoor of slats as 
quemal and of the shuttlecock as quemlaiu. The game is quumla. 
Two or more play. If there are many players, they stand in a ring. 
They throw always to the right and in front of the body. The one 
who lasts longest wins. 
Fig. 938. ; Fig. 939. 
Fig. 937. Battledoor; length, 14 inches; Hesquiaht Indians, Vancouver island, British Columbia; 
cat. no. [V A 1489, Berlin Museum fiir Vélkerkunde. 
Fic. 938. Shuttlecock; length, 3 inches; Hesquiaht Indians, Vancouver island, British Columbia; 
eat. no. IV A 1489, Berlin Museum fiir Vélkerkunde. 
Fic. 939. Battledoor and shuttlecock; diameter of battledoor, 9 inches; Makah Indians, Wash- 
ington; cat. no, 37389, Free Museum of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania. 
Makan. Neah bay, Washington. (Cat. no. 37389, Free Museum of 
Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania.) 
Battledoor (figure 939), consisting of a thin circular board of cedar: 
wood, 9 inches in diameter, with a wooden handle; and shuttle- 
cock, consisting of a branch of salmon-berry wood having surf- 
duck feathers inserted. 
These objects were collected by the writer in 1900. The name of 
the bat was given as klahaiac; that of the shuttlecock as kokoei; 
to play the game, klahatla. 
