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Chess and playing cards (1898)

Culin, Stewart, 1858-1929, United States National Museum, University of Pennsylvania. University Museum · Washington · leaf 85

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owed his throw as long as he continued to win : after which he repassed the bowl to his adversary. If a player chanced towin five and his opponent had but one left, this was all hecouldgain. In this mannerthe _ Qtinued, with varying fortune, until the beans were divided between - in proportion to… … i*Fig. 50. pea n .-tone bowl oamb. Greatest diameter of bowl, 9| inches. Seneca Indians, New York. Collected by J. N. B. H Report of U. S. National Museum, 1896.—Culm. Plate 6.

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

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