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2136. (41883). Flat wooden block, painted, for head oruament. * 



2137. (41884). Cylindrical blocks, with a cup-shaijed cavity in one end, 

 used as gaming blocks. 



2138-2139. 2138, (41885), and 2139, (41886), are specimens of this block 

 called soshhe-wey. 



2140. (41887). Spherical grooved block, painted to represent a melon, 

 used in the melon dance. 



2141. (4J918). Wooden top, ree-am-pee. 



2142. (41920). Wooden balls, probably to represent eyes. 



2143. (41921). Ball attached to the end of a painted stick, the use of 

 which is not known ; probably used in connection with dancing 

 ceremonies. 



2144. (41900). Small implement of wood used as a dance ornament. 



2145. (41752). Wooden ornament for the head, worn in dancing ceremo- 

 nies. Two little leather balls are attached to the dotted end; 

 shown in Fig. 563. 



2146. (41754). Two small wooden balls with black ends and a white 

 band around the middle ; a dance ornament. 



2147. (41756). Ornaments for the wrist; made of wooden rings. 



2148. (41753). A similar object, painted in various bright colors. 

 2149-2150. 2149, (41881), and 2150, (41882), are slatted wooden cylinders 



with conical blocks attached to them. Ornaments for dancing 

 ceremonies. 



2151. (41876). Wooden ball attached to slatted gourd-neck, used as an 

 ornament in the dance. 



2152. (41877). See Fig. 564. 



2153-2154. 2153, (41878), and 2154, (41879). Specimens varying from the 

 preceding only in colors. 



2155. (41922). Ifecklace of acorn hulls, Uick-ice-tah-qun-ice. Fig. 565. 



2156. (41923). The same kind of an oruament. 



STATUETTES. 



These objects vary in form, size, and decoration, the largest being 

 about thirty inches high, the smallest not more than five. They are 

 objects ot worship in one form or another. The illustrations in the wood- 

 cuts and colored plates will convey a better idea of them than could be 

 given in a description. They are entirely composed of wood, with 

 feathers and other small ornaments attached to them occasionally. 



2157. (41951). This is the largest one of these images in the collection, 

 very highly ornamented with bright variegated colors. See Fig. 

 571. 



2158. (41952). One of these objects, differing only in size and manner of 

 decoration. 



2159. (41953). This is a specimen of one of these images exhibited in 

 Fig. 567. The form is common to many of them, showing the 

 pyramidal projections attached to the head, with feathered tips. 



