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Chess and playing cards (1898)

Culin, Stewart, 1858-1929, United States National Museum, University of Pennsylvania. University Museum · Washington · leaf 287

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game is played on a board (fig. 183) under the nameof Solit«rio. In Mexico a corresponding game (fig. 184) is called Coyote.1 In Siam we find the game of Sua ghin gnua, or Tiger and Oxen7(tig. 185), and in Burma, Lay gwet Icyali. There are three hig tigers and eleven or sonie-tini*S twelve little… … Fig.182. tiger game (Pulijudam). India. 1 Fig. 183. SOLITARIO. Peru. The Samoan men at the Columbian Exposition at Chicago describeda native game to the writer under the name of Moo. It was playedwith pebbles upon the squares of a mat by two persons. One had a \-JL I _^J ^ Fig. 184. COYOTE. Mexico.…

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

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