IP GAMES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS _[ETH. Ann. 24 
MAYAN STOCK 
Maya. Chichen Itza, Yucatan. (Cat. no. 2813, 2814, Brooklyn 
Institute Museum.) 
Dr Alfred Tozzer has furnished the writer two cat’s cradles 
from this tribe. One (figure 1058) is called a chicken’s foot. A is 
held on the little finger, B on the middle finger, and C on the thumb. 
Fig. 1057. 
Fig. 1058. 
Fig. 1057. Cat's cradle, tsudium, humming bird; Pomo Indians, Ukiah, California; cat. no. 3000, 
Brooklyn Institute Museum. 
Fig. 1058. Cat’s cradle, chicken’s foot; Maya Indians, Yucatan; cat. no. 2813, Brooklyn Institute 
Museum. 
In another (figure 1059) A is held in the mouth of the operator and 
D in the hand of an assisting person. B and C, held in each hand 
by the operator, are pulled outward from the center as D approaches 
the center. The operation is called sawing wood. 
SALISHAN STOCK 
CuaLttamM. Washington. 
A Clallam boy, John Raub, described this tribe as playing cat’s 
cradle, which they call tskusli skutsisen. 
