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Chess and playing cards (1898)

Culin, Stewart, 1858-1929, United States National Museum, University of Pennsylvania. University Museum · Washington · leaf 192

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wing the same line of comparison, points out the resem-blance between the baresma (fig. ll>.)) and a peculiar object (tig. 124)which frequently recurs deposited upon the altar in Assyrian scenes ofworship and sacrifice. The use of it, or the nature, has never yetbeen explained; but on close…

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

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