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Chess and playing cards (1898)

Culin, Stewart, 1858-1929, United States National Museum, University of Pennsylvania. University Museum · Washington · leaf 152

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FOR GAME OF SHO-LI-WE. (Obverse.) Length, 6£ inches. ZuSi Indians, New Mexico. Cat. No. 69277, U.S.N.M. Mr. Gushing informs me that these two sets were used together, alsofor sacrificial purposes, the longer one being offered to Ahaiyuta andthe shorter to Matsailema.1 1 Matsailema is somewhat… … CHESS AND PLAVING-CARDS. 77!) Zvm. New Mexico. (Cat. No. 00277, U.S.N.M.) Set of four sticks, (>.] inches in length and J inch in width, made ofsplit cane. The inner sides painted like the preceding, and the roundedsides scratched with cross marks, as shown in tig. 108. Collected byCol. James…

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

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