. Chess and playing cards. Fig. 148. VALUES OF THE THROWS WITH KNUCKLE BONES. Tarahumara Indians. Chihuahua, Mexico. (lames with knucklebones are a favorite amusement in Spanish-American countries, and it is claimed that they existed among theIndians before the discovery. Dr. Carl Lumholtz found them amongthe Tarahumara,2 who attribute numerical values to the different sides. Among the Papago in Arizona Mr. TV J McGee found a singleknuckle bone of a bison, used in playing a game called Tan-wan, ofwhich a specimen collected by him (fig. 149,) is exhibited in the U. Museum (Cat. No. 1
. Chess and playing cards. Fig. 148. VALUES OF THE THROWS WITH KNUCKLE BONES. Tarahumara Indians. Chihuahua, Mexico. (lames with knucklebones are a favorite amusement in Spanish-American countries, and it is claimed that they existed among theIndians before the discovery. Dr. Carl Lumholtz found them amongthe Tarahumara,2 who attribute numerical values to the different sides. Among the Papago in Arizona Mr. TV J McGee found a singleknuckle bone of a bison, used in playing a game called Tan-wan, ofwhich a specimen collected by him (fig. 149,) is exhibited in the U. Museum (Cat. No. 174443). 1 The favorite game among the Turkomans, according to Varnbery (Arminius Yam-bery, Sketches of Central Asia, Philadelphia, 1868, p. 110), is the Ashilc game (ashik,the ankle bones of sheep), which is played in the manner of European dice with thetour ankle bones of a sheep, aud with a degree of passionate excitement of whichone can form no idea. The upper part of the bone is called tar a, the lower altchi, andth<
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