Note 269 — PART I PLAYFUL EXPERIMENTATION (continued 3)

A peculiar and difficult game of catching is played by the Gilbert Islanders. A light feather ornament is loosely attached to a stick which is thrown into the air. As the stick descends the ornament floats away, and the players’ task is to fish for it, as it were, with a stone fastened to a long line and bring it down. This game is called “Tabama.” R. Parkinson, Beiträge zur Ethnologie der Gilbert Insulaner.