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Chess and playing cards (1898)

Culin, Stewart, 1858-1929, United States National Museum, University of Pennsylvania. University Museum · Washington · leaf 304

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inches. Ancient China. Cat. Xo. 13066->. U.S.N.M. CHESS AND PLAYING-CARDS. 885 … Fig.194. OBVEBSB OF CHINESE COIH (Tsin). China. Analogous to these Korean objects are the tablets of authority carried by tin- Mon-gol princes, which arc described by Marco Polo (Plate 34 . These were of silver,silver gilt, and of gold, and were inscribed with a legend commanding rasped inthe name…

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

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