Tul-lock-chísh-ko, Drinks the Juice of the Stone, in Ball-Player's Dress 1834 Choctaw oil Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr. 1985.66.299 Pair of Ball Sticks about 1830s Choctaw hickory, rawhide Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr. E073,303 Choctaw lacrosse uniforms were minimal-just breechcloths and wide, beaded belts. Exceptional players wore horsehair "tails" attached to their belts and "manes" around their necks to supplement their own speed and strength. They adorned their bodies with geometric and curvilinear designs of multicolored paint; members of one team were painted white to distinguish them from their opponents. Ball-Play of the Choctaw-Ball Up 1846­48 Choctaw oil Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr. 1985.66.428a Catlin was a big fan of Choctaw lacrosse, which he witnessed in Indian Territory in 1834. He described ball play as "a school for the painter or sculptor, equal to any of those which ever inspired the hand of the artist in the Olympian games or the Roman forum." Lacrosse was a physical, even violent, game called "little brother of war" in Choctaw that included no-holds-barred scuffling and wrestling as players struggled desperately for the ball.