. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. CHINESE GAMES WITH DICE AND DOMINOES. 533. Fig. 25. PASE (DICE), SET OF THREE FOR CHAU- SAK, , INDIA. 9ity of (Fr. in Mu.'»eum of L'ni' ) cediug, the wooden backs beiug- substituted as a matter of economy. Dominoes made entirely of wood would naturally follow, and the long dominoes used in the south of China might be regarded as a later type. Even they bear a suggestion of their origin in the spots with which their ends a
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. CHINESE GAMES WITH DICE AND DOMINOES. 533. Fig. 25. PASE (DICE), SET OF THREE FOR CHAU- SAK, , INDIA. 9ity of (Fr. in Mu.'»eum of L'ni' ) cediug, the wooden backs beiug- substituted as a matter of economy. Dominoes made entirely of wood would naturally follow, and the long dominoes used in the south of China might be regarded as a later type. Even they bear a suggestion of their origin in the spots with which their ends and tops are decorated. The names of the dominoes are the same as those of the corre- sponding throws with the 2 dice, and the pieces are divided, like the dice-throws, into the series of miui and mo, in which they rank in the same order as the dice. The correspondence extends to the game as well, the most character- istic domino game, td fin Avru, closely resembling the most characteristic dice game, chdl- fin kau. Indeed, if dominoes were invented for the purpose of a game, they doubtless had their origin in the game with 2 dice. This game with 2 dice, sJu'ung /»/>•, which, according to one Chinese authority, is said to have come from India, finds a parajlel in an Indian dice game. Several kinds of dice are employed in games in India. One (fig. 24) called ^'^ (plural of p^fsvO i^re used in the game called chausar, SLud consist of rectangular bone or ivory prisms, marked on 4 sides with 1, 2, 5, and G spots. These dice are sometimes made shorter and pointed at the ends (fig. 25). Their origin I assign to the staves referred to on page 507. Another kind of Indian dice, called by the Arabic name of l-ab, or kabat, from k'ab, "ankle," "ankle Done," are used in the game of k'-aha- tain, 2 dice being thrown. Either natural astragali, consisting of the knuckle bones of a goat, or dice marked on 4 sides with "three," "four," "one
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