. Chess and playing cards. Ivory and Wooden Dice. Tlingit Indians. Alaska. Cat. Nbs. E 894, 650, 1859, 650, loot. American Museum of Natural History. New York. CHESS AND PLAYING-CARDS. 735 thickness. The flat sides are grooved ami have triangular expansions of the groove at each end. Three are painted red and one black. One ofthe red sticks is marked like the one in the preceding, and the blackstick in the same manner. These Kiowa sticks were all collected by Mr. James Bfooney. Ineach set there is an odd stick, regarded by the author as correspondingwith the dilate. KOLUSCHAN STOCK. Tlingit. A
. Chess and playing cards. Ivory and Wooden Dice. Tlingit Indians. Alaska. Cat. Nbs. E 894, 650, 1859, 650, loot. American Museum of Natural History. New York. CHESS AND PLAYING-CARDS. 735 thickness. The flat sides are grooved ami have triangular expansions of the groove at each end. Three are painted red and one black. One ofthe red sticks is marked like the one in the preceding, and the blackstick in the same manner. These Kiowa sticks were all collected by Mr. James Bfooney. Ineach set there is an odd stick, regarded by the author as correspondingwith the dilate. KOLUSCHAN STOCK. Tlingit. Alaska. (Amer. Mns. Nat. Hist., New York.) Small ivory die (Cat. No. E. 050) (Plate 7), shaped like a chair, height. Fig. 56. LEATHER TABLET ON WHICH DICK AUK THROWN. II. Lght, 7; inches. Tlingit Indiana, Alaska. Cat. N American Museum ol Natural Httory. 1 inch,H inch wide at back, and -]} inch at side, with vertical hole fromtop to bottom tilled with lead. It is called ket-chii. From Shakan. Small wooden die (Cat. No. E. G50) (Plate 7), like preceding. Sidesengraved with crossed lines. Back has tour lead pings, and a hole forsimilar plug. Front has incised rectangular design with three hadplugs. 73f> REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1896. Small ivory die (Cat, No. B. 894) (Plate 7), like preceding. Height 1inch, Jii inch wide at back, and -£$ inch at side. Front face has smallplug of lead. Small wooden die (Cat. No. E. 1557) (Plate 7), like preceding, 1Jinches high, ?{-ji inch wide at back and sides. Back and three sidesmarked with incised lines. Small wooden die (Cat. No. E. 1859) (Plate 7), like preceding, || inchhigh and & inch wide at side. Perfectly plain. From Sitka. Designated as womans
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