726 GAMES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS [B®TH. ANN. 24 
YUMAN STOCK 
Monave. Colorado river, Arizona. 
Capt. John G. Bourke says: 
The day was passed in looking in upon the Mojave living close to the fort, and 
noting what was of most interest. They were nearly all engaged in playing 
“shinny ” or “ quoits.” The quoits were two round, flat stones, 4 inches diame- 
ter; the side which could first throw them both into the hole, 20.paces away, 
won the game. 
ZUNIAN STOCK 
Zuni. Zuni, New Mexico. (Cat. no. 16344, 16345, Free Museum of 
Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania.) 
Thin disks of sandstone, from 24 to 5 inches in diameter; a piece of 
corncob; and two silver buttons (figure 950); implements for 
a game like quoits, reproduced by Mr Frank Hamilton Cushing 
in 1893, 
Fia. 950. Standing-cob game; Zuni Indians, Zuni, New Mexico; cat. no. 16344, 16345, Free Mu- 
seum of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania. 
The corncob is set on a sandstone disk with a smaller disk on 
top of it, the silver buttons, which are used as stakes, being put on the 
upper disk. The players throw at this target with other disks of 
sandstone. The game was described by Mr Cushing under the name 
of the standing-cob game. 
Mr John G. Owens? describes this game as follows: 
Than-ka-la-wa.—This game is usually played in the spring, and resembles 
somewhat our game of quoits. In place of the ordinary quoit they use flat 
stones. Any number may take part. A small stone or even a corn-cob is set up, 
and on this each places his stake. To determine which shall pitch first they all 
throw for some distant point. He who comes nearest to the mark chosen pitches 
first, and each one follows according to his throw; then the game begins. The 
distance pitched is nearly 100 feet. The object is to knock over the stake or 
pool. If the pool is knocked over, and the stone pitched goes beyond it, it counts 
nothing; if just even with it, the one who pitched has another chance; if it 
remains behind, he takes everything, and all put up again. They count it great 
sport, and some become very skillful in pitching. 
«Notes on the Cosmogony and Theogony of the Mojave Indians. Journal of American 
Folk-Lore, v. 2, p. 171, 1889. 
>Some Games of the Zuni. Popular Science Monthly, y. 39, p. 40, New York, 1891. 
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