cuntn] CAT’S CRADLE: ZUNI 779 
Cat. no. 22610: pichowai atslonononai, sling (figure 1073). 
at. no. 22605 occurs among the Navaho as packing (carrying) wooc 
Cat 22.605 among the Naval king ( ying) | 
(figure 1047), and cat. no. 22606 as twin stars (figure 1038). 
Fig. 1073. Cat’s cradle, pichowai atslonononai, sling; Zuni Indians, zuni, New Mexico; cat. no. 
22610, Free Museum of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania. 
My informant in Zuni stated that the cat’s cradle was called 
pichowainai or pishkappoa, the netted shield, figures 1067 and 1068, 
actually representing this shield, which was supposed to have been 
carried by the War God. The idea is borrowed from the spider web, 
and cat’s cradle was taught to the little boys, the twin War Gods, by 
their mother, the Spider Woman, for their amusement. 
