Culin, Stewart, 1858-1929, United States National Museum, University of Pennsylvania. University Museum · Washington · leaf 223
ng dice as the more or less direct outcome of thedivining staves. 14. Astragali (Tali). Knuckle bones.1 Natural bones from theankle of a sheep. Used as dice by the Greeks and Romans, and in common use at thepresent day for the same purpose in the Mohammedan East and inSouthern Europe and Spanish… … Fig. 146. BRASS FLACQUE ACCOMPAXYING DICE FOR FORTUNE-TELLIXG. Diameter, 3£ inches.Persia. Cat. No. 2s, Museum of Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania. Sommervillecollection. played principally by women and children with five bones, the samenumber employed in modern times.2 Among the Syrians at…
Cotton States Exposition (1895 : Atlanta, Ga.) · Chess · Playing cards · Games
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