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Chess and playing cards (1898)

Culin, Stewart, 1858-1929, United States National Museum, University of Pennsylvania. University Museum · Washington · leaf 119

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Fig. 75. SET OF STAVES FOE GAME. Length, 10 inches.Shoshoni Indians, Fort Hall Agency, Idaho. Cat. No. 22285, U.S.N.M. SIOUAN STOCK. Asstnaboin. Dakota. (Cat. No. 8498, U.S.N.M.) Set of four sticks of polished hickory 15£ inches in length, about 1inch in breadth in center, tapering to f inch at… … Fig.76. 8ET OF STAVES FOR GAME. Length, 15£ inches.Assinaboin Indians, Dakota. Cat. No. 8498, U.S.N.M. bear tracks, with stripes of red paint between (fig. 76;. Opposite sidesplain. Ends rounded, one notched and tied with sinew to preventsplitting. Collected by Dr. J. P. Kimball. Assinaboin. Upper…

Cotton States Exposition (1895 : Atlanta, Ga.) · Chess · Playing cards · Games

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