. Chess and playing cards. Fig. 35. SET OF BONE GAMING STAVES. Length, 6g inches. Blackfeet, Blood Reserve, Alberta, Canada. Cat. No. .t», Field Columbian Museum. across middle; other rounded and unpainted. Show marks of by Mr. Edward Described as played by women. Fig. 36. GAMINU STAVES. Length, (.».\ Mountain Apache, Fori Apache, Arizona. Cat. Ni>. , Museum f Ar. ..;_>, University of Pennsylvania, upon a circle2 of forty stones divided in four tens with a division to eachten (tig. 37), and having a large flat rock placed in the
. Chess and playing cards. Fig. 35. SET OF BONE GAMING STAVES. Length, 6g inches. Blackfeet, Blood Reserve, Alberta, Canada. Cat. No. .t», Field Columbian Museum. across middle; other rounded and unpainted. Show marks of by Mr. Edward Described as played by women. Fig. 36. GAMINU STAVES. Length, (.».\ Mountain Apache, Fori Apache, Arizona. Cat. Ni>. , Museum f Ar. ..;_>, University of Pennsylvania, upon a circle2 of forty stones divided in four tens with a division to eachten (tig. 37), and having a large flat rock placed in the middle. Four lA set of sticks (fi^. 3(j) made of a variety of the prickly ash, !•. inches in length,but otherwise identical with the above, are contained in the Museum of Archaeologyof tho University of Pennsylvania (Cat. No. 18619), collected by Capt. C, N. , U. S. A. 2Mr. Palmer says a square; Captain M man ley a circle. 714 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1896. or six can play. Two sides are formed of equal numbers, and two setsof sticks are used. The players kneel behind the rock square. Thefirst player takes the sticks in one hand, rounded sides out (tig-. 38), and slams them end first, on the rock. po OQQ o a oooo o oo a oooo co o o o ,0 o °oo qO°{ From this is
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