. Chess and playing cards. Bark Tablets thrown as Dice. Length. 5 to 10 Indians, No. 11217, CHESS AND PLAYING-CARDS. 749 Arizona. (Cat. ^To. 11217, ) Ten liat pieces of cedar bark (Plate 11),rectangular, with rounded cor-ners, from 5 to 10 inches in length and lj to 2J inches in width. Inner,. Fiff. 73. GAMING CANES. Length, 5| Indians, southern Utah. Cst. No. 9411, Peabody Museum of American Archeology. smooth sides marked with blotches of red paint; reverse plain. Col-lected by Maj. J. W. Powell, who has kindly furnished me w
. Chess and playing cards. Bark Tablets thrown as Dice. Length. 5 to 10 Indians, No. 11217, CHESS AND PLAYING-CARDS. 749 Arizona. (Cat. ^To. 11217, ) Ten liat pieces of cedar bark (Plate 11),rectangular, with rounded cor-ners, from 5 to 10 inches in length and lj to 2J inches in width. Inner,. Fiff. 73. GAMING CANES. Length, 5| Indians, southern Utah. Cst. No. 9411, Peabody Museum of American Archeology. smooth sides marked with blotches of red paint; reverse plain. Col-lected by Maj. J. W. Powell, who has kindly furnished me with thefollowing information concerning them: They were used as dice, but the method of counting I do not now renieraber. Infact, there were peculiarities in the count which I never quite mastered, but I remem-
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