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Chess and playing cards (1898)

Culin, Stewart, 1858-1929, United States National Museum, University of Pennsylvania. University Museum · Washington · leaf 271

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s of thepieces: Min, sike, yittah. sin, myin, Jit. (The Buiinan, His Life and Notions, Loudon,1882, II, p. 72.) rFor a more complete account of the game, consult Games Ancient and Oriental. REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1896. the oriental games of Chess. Professor Forbes has pointed out that inthe… … Fig.163. INDIAN CHESSMEN OF WOOD.After Hvde. It must therefore have often happened that, after some twenty orthirty moves, the contest remained to be decided between two players

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

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