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Chess and playing cards (1898)

Culin, Stewart, 1858-1929, United States National Museum, University of Pennsylvania. University Museum · Washington · leaf 206

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tle-axes, diamond patterns,etc., invariably repeating themselves, and thepurport of which I was never able to ascertain.They are common among all the Abantu races,and closely bound up with their occult belief inwitchcraft. They are chiefly made of wood, butsometimes neat little ones of bone are…

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

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