Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . ^ take part. A haponno (roll of husks) is placed upon theground and arrows are shot at it from a distance of 40 or 50 feet (seefigure IT). While the others turn their liacks, the first player to strikethe wad covers it with a mound of earth verv much larger than the wad. IS—Inii)]ements used in sayatlaknawe. itself. The one who places the roll of husks is almost sure to remem-ber the exact location of it; accordingh he resorts to various devicesto mislead the players. A favorite mode of deceptio
Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . ^ take part. A haponno (roll of husks) is placed upon theground and arrows are shot at it from a distance of 40 or 50 feet (seefigure IT). While the others turn their liacks, the first player to strikethe wad covers it with a mound of earth verv much larger than the wad. IS—Inii)]ements used in sayatlaknawe. itself. The one who places the roll of husks is almost sure to remem-ber the exact location of it; accordingh he resorts to various devicesto mislead the players. A favorite mode of deception is to leavethe mound low where the roll is actually buried, but more elevatedat some other point. The players aim to shoot their arrows into the 344 THE ZtNI INDIANS [ETH. ANN. 23 roll of husks, and the one who strikes it wins the game. The winnerdiaws the husk from beneath the earth with the ariow. When thearrow strikes the mound, l)ut docs not touch the roll of husks, it isremoved l)y the one who secretes the object, and a second pla3er shootshis arrow. Each player takes his turn until the wad ;* struck. Theone who had the arrangement of it is the last to shoot, and naturallythe most frequent winner. The game affords great amusement to theyounger men. Sai/at^Jalnawe {hornx k/7/, or l-tlUn<j thir rahhtf). Six goat hornsare placed in line on the gro
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