. Chess and playing cards. Fig. 81. SET OP BONE DICE. Lengths, 1A, 1&, and 1 inch. Mandan Indians, Fort Jierthold, North Dakota. Cat. No. 8427, rounded face of the bone is marked with lines and dots, filled in withfaint red paint, as shown in fig-. 80, there being two pairs marked , unmarked and showing texture of bone. Ends by Dr. Washington Matthews, U. S. A. Described as. Fig. 82. BASKET FOB Did I Diameter, 7\ Indians, Fort Berthold, North Dakota. Cut. No. -I-.:. womens gambling instruments. Dr. Matthews states in a privatelett
. Chess and playing cards. Fig. 81. SET OP BONE DICE. Lengths, 1A, 1&, and 1 inch. Mandan Indians, Fort Jierthold, North Dakota. Cat. No. 8427, rounded face of the bone is marked with lines and dots, filled in withfaint red paint, as shown in fig-. 80, there being two pairs marked , unmarked and showing texture of bone. Ends by Dr. Washington Matthews, U. S. A. Described as. Fig. 82. BASKET FOB Did I Diameter, 7\ Indians, Fort Berthold, North Dakota. Cut. No. -I-.:. womens gambling instruments. Dr. Matthews states in a privateletter to the writer that these bone staves were not thrown so as torebound, but gently, ends down, on a blanket. 756 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1896. low \. Catlin describes a game among the Iowa UDder the name of Kon-tho-gra (Game of Platter). This is the fascinating game of the women, and exclusively their own, playedwith a number of little blocks of wood the size of a half-crown piece, marked withcertain points for counting the game, to he decided by throws, as they are shakeninto a bowl and turned out on a sort of pillow. The bets are made after the bowlis turned, and decided by the number of points and colors tinned. Mandan. Fort Berthold, North Dakota, (Cat. Xo. 8427, ) Set of five bone dice with incised designs (tig. 81) tilled in with redpaint, and basket of woven grass (fig. 82) 7£ inches in
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