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Chess and playing cards (1898)

Culin, Stewart, 1858-1929, United States National Museum, University of Pennsylvania. University Museum · Washington · leaf 225

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8 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 18%. The Arabic name for the bones is hdb (dual. Mbatain, plural, kabat),meaning ••ankle. referring- to their source. Two bones are now com-monly used—one from the right aud the other from the left leg of asheep.1 I regard them as the direct ancestors of cubical dotted…

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

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