cutis] BUZZ: ZUNI Late 
This specimen was collected by Mr Louis L. Meeker,* who describes 
it as a boy’s toy under the name of hohouh yuhmunpi. 
Daxora (Teron). South Dakota. 
Rey. J. Owen Dorsey ” thus describes the implement : 
Hohti yukhmun’pi,. Making the bone hum by twisting the cord.—Bone is not 
the only material used, for the toy is sometimes made of stone or of a circular 
piece of wood. The toy is made thus: Some deer or buffalo sinews are twisted 
together; parts of a deer’s foot are cooked till soft, and are strung together on 
the sinew. To the ends of the sinew are fastened two sticks which serve as 
handles, one stick at each end, each being at right angles to the sinew. The 
sinew is twisted, and when pulled taut the toy makes a humming sound. 
Fi. 1020. Buzz; diameter, 2} inches; Maricopa Indians, Arizona; cat. no. 2927, Brooklyn Insti- 
tute Museum. 
YUMAN STOCK 
Maricopa. Arizona. (Cat. no. 2927, Brooklyn Institute Museum.) 
Wooden disk (figure 1020), 23 inches in diameter, perforated with 
two holes, through which a cord passes. Collected by Mr Louis 
L. Meeker in 1904. 
Fig. 1021. Buzz; diameter, 3 inches; Zuni Indians, Zuni, New Mexico; cat. no. 3069, Brooklyn 
Institute Museum. 7 
ZUNIAN STOCK 
Zux1. Zuni, New Mexico. (Cat. no. 3069, Brooklyn Institute 
Museum. ) ’ 
Disk of dried gourd shell (figure 1021), 3 inches in diameter, pierced 
with two holes, through which a string ‘passes. 
Collected by the writer in 1903. The name was given as huwa- 
wananai. 
“QOgalala Games. Bulletin of the Free Museum of Science and Art, v. 3, p. 34, Phila- 
delphia, 1901. 
’ Games of Teton Dakota Children. The American Anthropologist, vy. 4, p. 343, 1891. 
