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Chess and playing cards (1898)

Culin, Stewart, 1858-1929, United States National Museum, University of Pennsylvania. University Museum · Washington · leaf 333

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76. Gambling-sticks. Alaska Indians. ((() A set of sixty-two sticks, 5 inches in length and ^ inch in diam-eter, in leather pouch.1 Marked with stripes or ribbons of red andblack paint, of various widths, and variously placed. Collected byDr. A. H. Hoff, U. S. A. {b) Plaster cast of stick, showing… … gives count play: Thepieces Fig. 216. STRINO OF NINETY LOTTERY BALLS. Madrid, Spain. Cat. No. 16847, Mnseum of Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania. Haida use sticks orof wood 4 or 5 incheslong and beautifully polished.They are made of yew, andeach stick has some designat-ing mark upon it. There…

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

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