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Chess and playing cards (1898)

Culin, Stewart, 1858-1929, United States National Museum, University of Pennsylvania. University Museum · Washington · leaf 288

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rman, II, p. 83. CHESS AND PLAYING-CARDS. 877 Jarves speaks of Kouane, uan intricate game of draughts played withcolored stones upon a flat stone ruled with a large number of squares.1 In Madagascar, Sibree2 describes a gameresembling draughts as a very commonpastime. It is played with pebbles… … Fig.186. FOX AND GEESE. United States. 60. A-wi-thlak-na-kwe. Stone War-riors. Zuni Indians. New Mexico.Diagram of board and set of men.4Played by two or four persons upon a square board divided into one hundred and forty-four squares, each intersected by diagonal lines. At ^^v* \f X XX s ?\ Fig.…

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

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