. Bulletin. Ethnology. KROEBKR] HANDBOOK OF INDIANS OF CALIFORNIA 333 Xeither the iris of the northwestern tribes nor the Apocynuiii of the otlier tribes of California seems to have served the Modoc for string. Milkweed Avas occasionally employed, but the standard ma- terial was nettle bark. This reappears again among the Luiseiio in the extreme south of the State. It is likely to have been known to intervening groups but appears to have been little used by them. Of games, the ring and pin toy is of tule; and for guessing, the four-stick variety largely or wholly replaces the many-stick form o
. Bulletin. Ethnology. KROEBKR] HANDBOOK OF INDIANS OF CALIFORNIA 333 Xeither the iris of the northwestern tribes nor the Apocynuiii of the otlier tribes of California seems to have served the Modoc for string. Milkweed Avas occasionally employed, but the standard ma- terial was nettle bark. This reappears again among the Luiseiio in the extreme south of the State. It is likely to have been known to intervening groups but appears to have been little used by them. Of games, the ring and pin toy is of tule; and for guessing, the four-stick variety largely or wholly replaces the many-stick form of northern California and the hand bones or grass game of central California. There are two thick and two thin sticks, placeable in six orders under a basket tray. The arrangement rather than a given stick is guessed at. The trays, although twined of soft tule, resemble in size and showiness the coiled trays which Yokuts and southern Californian women use to cast dice on. This similarity may be a case of what is known as cultural convergence; but it is also likely to be the result of secondary variations in an ancient associa- tion of the-basket plaque and Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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