63061. Ball-sticks or racquets made of hickory wood. Rods of this tough wood, about 7 feet long, are dressed to the proper shape, the ends having a semicircular section, the middle part being flat. Each is bent and the ends united to form a handle, leaving a pear-shaped loop 6 inches in width by about 12 in length, which is filled with a network of leather or bark strings sufficiently close to hold the ball.
63061. Ball, 1½ inches in diameter, covered with buckskin, used with the racquets in playing the celebrated ball game of the Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole Indians.
[ ANIMAL SUBSTANCES.]
63071. Shell, probably a Unio, used by potters to scrape the surface of clay vessels; seen in use.
63081. Comb made of horn. The teeth are 2 inches in length, and have been made with a saw. It is used in dressing the hair.
63085. Charm made of feathers and snake rattles; worn on the head or on some part of the costume.
63082. Awl of iron set in a handle of deer's horn.