cULIN] QUOITS: KWAKIUTL 725 
“heads or tails’ and tossed up. The player who wins the toss plays first. Each 
has three stones, which are thrown toward a hole in the ground, perhaps 20 
yards off. One of each party throws first, then goes to the hole and looks at it, 
while the other players make their throws. The stone falling nearest to the 
hole counts 1 point; if it falls into the hole, it counts 4; if the stone of the 
second player falls on top of the first stone in the hole, it “ kills’ the first stone. 
The game is out at 12. To measure distances, they break off small sticks. 
Lookers-on may stand around and bet which of the players will win. 
SKITTAGETAN STOCK 
Hawa (Karcant). Prince of Wales island, Alaska. 
Dr C. F. Newcombe describes the following game: 
A narrow stone about a foot in length is erected at some 20 feet from a base, 
and any number of players, from two to six, try to knock it down, each with a 
round ball-like stone. He who first scores ten knockdowns wins. This game 
is called q’/isqHdb’ldun. 
Fig. 949. Stones for liikia; lengths, 44 and 5 inches; Kwakiutl Indians, Vancouver island, British 
Columbia; cat. no. 37906, Free Museum of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania. 
WAKASHAN STOCK 
Kwaxiutt. Nawiti, Vancouver island, British Columbia. (Cat. 
no. 37906, Free Museum of Science and Art, University of 
Pennsylvania. ) 
Two ovate pieces of worked lava, 44 and 5 inches in length (figure 
949). 
They were collected by Dr C. F. Newcombe, who describes them as 
used in the game of liikia, played by boys: 
Played with oblong stones having one end slightly thin, so as to remain where 
they fall when thrown, and two mark sticks or goals. The players, from two to 
twelve, equally divided on two sides, each have one stone, except the last, who 
has two. Each side begins in turn and plays alternately. The object is to get 
nearest the mark, and it is allowable to drive an opponent’s stone by striking it 
with one’s own, That side wins which first scores 10 nearest. 
