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Chess and playing cards (1898)

Culin, Stewart, 1858-1929, United States National Museum, University of Pennsylvania. University Museum · Washington · leaf 196

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or xhaku are wooden tablets, said to have been originally used for notingmemoranda. .I. M. Dixon, The Tsuishikari Ainos, Trans. Asiatic Soc, Japan, XI, Pt. 1, p. 47. The Japanese call them hi(je-age, i% beard raisers. In A Glance at ThreeCoun-tlies (Sautjoku Tsurau Znsetsn), Tokyo, 1785, the… … Mustache Sticks. Length. 12.1 to 18] inches. Ainu of Yezo. Japan. Cat. Nos. 160697, 160698, 150696, 82261, 160699, 160696, I.s.v Bf. Report of U. S. National Museum, 1896.—Culin. Plate 20. /

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