stevenson.] VEGETAL SUBSTANCES. 591 



69001. Ceremonial throwing stick or "boomerang," painted white, red 



and black. 

 G9002. Dance ornament of wood, ornamented with a tuft of wool. 

 G9003. Gambling sticks painted in lozenges, black and white. 

 09004. Gambling sticks, plain black. 



69005. Bird upon the end of painted stick, used in dances. 

 69000-7. Large wooden melon shaped balls, painted, used in ceremonies. 

 69009-15. Toy cradles of wood and basket work. 



69016-17. Ornament made of corn husks, like three flowers upon a stalk, 



carried in the corn dance. 

 69018-19. Head ornament, A ring of corn husk is surmounted by 



eight pieces of corn cob, equidistant, and ornamented with 



leathers. 

 69027. Ornament made of husks for the corn dance. 



69032. Head dress. A ring of corn husks, from which protrude hori- 



zontally zigzag sticks, pointed, and painted red, green, and 

 yellow, which are set close together around the circle ; these 

 sticks are said to represent lightning. 



69033. Ornament used in the grass dance ; a piece of wood, notched on 



both edges, gaily painted, yellow, green, white, and black, 

 and decorated with a tuft of grass. 



69031-6. Ornaments similar to the above, but without the tuft of grass ; 

 carried in dances. 



69037. Ornament similar to above, with tuft of grass and feathers. 



60038. Ornament similar to above, with tuft of feathers tied with bright- 

 colored cotton and woolen yarns. 



69039-44. Ear ornaments, a sort of rosette made by winding bright- 

 colored cotton and woolen yarns upon a framework of wood, 

 and worn over the ears in dances. 



69045-47. Dance ornament; a funnel shaped section of gourd, gaily 

 painted. 



69048. Dance ornaments or charms, made of two small tablets of wood, 

 and painted of a whitish color, upon which is drawn, with 

 black lines, an elongated shield shaped figure divided into 

 squares, in each of which is a black dot. 



69049-52. Wooden knobs painted yellow, used as dance ornaments. 



69053-65. Wooden dance ornaments, gaily painted, and having disks 

 of wood or leather, and balls attached. 



69060-7. Horn shaped dance ornaments of gourd, painted and carved, 

 with two balls attached to each one by strings. 



69008-75. Horn shaped dance ornaments of gourd, painted and carved. 



69076-69107. Wooden dolls or images, very brightly painted. They are 

 from six to eight inches in height, rudely carved, and some- 

 times ornamented with feathers. 



69108. A ceremonial image or idol, painted white, with black ornaments. 

 It has a fan-shaped head-dress of white rays tipped with 

 black. 



