The Hopi Indian Collection in the United States National Museum
The Hopi Indian Collection in the United States National Museum
Walter Hough
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'Fewkes, Amer. Anthrop. (n. s.)» vol. 2, 1900, p. 69. « Winship, in 14th Ann. Rept. Bur. Amer. Bthnol., p. 517. Digitized by Google NO. 2235. HOPI INDIAN COLLECTION— HOUQH, 287 the rather complicated mventions which characterize the traps of the tribes who depend largely upon the chase are not developed here. The name for trap is cha-kam-i^ appearing in continuation as ish- chakomi, coyote trap ; peha'ChaJeoTrdj bird trap. WEAPONS. One of the most curious of American Indian weapons is the throw...- ing club, "boomerang," called pittc kohu (pi. 44, fig. 4, Cat. No. 126348 U.S.N.M.). It is made of oak, Quer(yu8 gambelli^ a very hard tough wood, presenting great obstacles to working, especially with the crude tools and appliances of the Hopi. The club is flat, about one-half inch thick, and the curve is produced by working from wood selected for its natural bend. At one end a hand-grip is cut and the other end is usually apexed. The club is smoothly finished, often polished, and is painted red with a customary — ^perhaps prescribed — design in black, representing rabbit feet.
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