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A PAIR OF PLAINS CARVED WOOD SNOW SNAKES

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A PAIR OF PLAINS CARVED WOOD SNOW SNAKES
each with long, slender rod and ovate head
Lengths: 26 in. (66 cm.) each, approximately (2)

"The game of snow snakes is played with rods up to 10 feet in length, round or flat, usually highly polished, and not infrequently carved at the end. Shorter sticks, simple javelins or darts with carved heads, are also used. They are made to slide along the frozen crust, or in a rut in the snow. Sides are chosen and stakes bet upon the result, a snake which outdistances all on the opposite side counting a point. Snow-snake is distinctly a man's game, but special forms exist for women," (Culin 1975:399).

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