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Chess and playing cards (1898)

Culin, Stewart, 1858-1929, United States National Museum, University of Pennsylvania. University Museum · Washington · leaf 209

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OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1896. Mr. «J. Edward Farnum tells me that among the natives of the BosiRiver, about 150 miles from its mouth (19° south latitude, East Africa),the witch doctors throw crocodile scales in fortune telling. The objectsused are the nuchal dermosseous plates, from behind the base of… … Fig. 132. IVORY STAVES FOK GAME ( ? ). Length (perfect stave), 5| incheLS.Lybian, Egypt. Cat. Nos. E. S. 1129-1132, Museum of Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania. as no, and the rough side yes. An answer is afforded by themanner in which the majority (which must be a considerable one) of…

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

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