. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 510 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1893. 10), wliion coiiiuieuces ^Yitll "double one" instead of "double blank," and contains 21 different pieces instead of 28 as in the European j;ame (tig-. 17). Eleven of tlie 21 pieces are duplicated, making 32 l>ieces in a set. The " one'' and '' four" marks and the alternate "threes," which com- o 0 0 o o .o •• •• •• •• •• • • • • ioo ooloo •• •• 0% 1) ' • • i ^ •
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 510 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1893. 10), wliion coiiiuieuces ^Yitll "double one" instead of "double blank," and contains 21 different pieces instead of 28 as in the European j;ame (tig-. 17). Eleven of tlie 21 pieces are duplicated, making 32 l>ieces in a set. The " one'' and '' four" marks and the alternate "threes," which com- o 0 0 o o .o •• •• •• •• •• • • • • ioo ooloo •• •• 0% 1) ' • • i ^ • • • • • • • • oo oo oo A.*. o« o« ' • nn •• •• • oo •• •• • ioo •• •• nn •••••«•'•• •o • •• -5 ^^ • '•• • • ••r" • \99i A I6« •n u •• uu •• •••• • oo»«|»» • ^ •• •• UU' •• • e*«i«« •O o« 0 o o 0 •• • nn no •••• • • OO oo • 1 • •••• o« o» • •• •• • nn •••••• •o • • •• • • •i • !•• •o ,u •ti •• •• • uo ••|o*i«* •o Fis- 16. CHINESE GAME OF DOMINOES. prise the " sixes," are nsuall}- painted red, while the other marks are painted black or white, depending upon the material of the dominoes. The dominoes in common use in the Province of Kwangtung and among tlie Chinese in the United States are made of Cliiiiese ebony Fip. 17. EUROPEAN GAME OF DOMINOES. and are about 2| inches long, seven-eighths of an inch in width, and three-eighths of an inch in tbickness, with incised spots, which are painted red and white. The ends of each piece are usually ornamented with a single incised red spot, while the backs are sometimes uniformly marked with three spots, one red between two white, arranged diagon- ally across (fig. IS).. Fis. 18. CHINESE DOMINOKS: PKOVINCE OF KWANGTrNG AND UNITED STATES. The following C
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