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Chess and playing cards (1898)

Culin, Stewart, 1858-1929, United States National Museum, University of Pennsylvania. University Museum · Washington · leaf 282

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, in the same manner, said tocorrespond with the Nine Lights of Heaven (the Sun, Moon, and theseven stars of the Dipper). The Chinese in the books which treat of the game divide the boardinto four equal parts, which they call corners, and which they desig-nate by the names of the four tones in the… … Fig. 174. BOARD FOR CHUKI. Height, 6£ inches; 16 inches square.Johore, Straits Settlements. Cat. No. 16625, Museum of Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania. f ill Fig.175.ari:am;i:mknt OF Ml N ON cm Ki BOARD, 872 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1896. Iii each of these four sections a place is…

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

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