CHESS AND PLAYING-CARDS. 



689 



ALGONQUIAN STOCK. 



Arapaho. Cheyenne and Arapabo Keservation, Indian Territory. 

 (Cat. Kos. 152802, 152803, U.S.N.M.) 

 Set of five dice of buffalo bone, marked on one side with burned 



Fig. 8. 

 SET OF BONE DICE. 



Lengths, J and IJ inches. 

 Arapaho Indians, Indian Territory. 



Cat. No. 152802, U.S.N.M. 



designs (fig. 8), and basket of woven grass, 9 inches in diameter at 

 top and 2i inches deep (fig. 9). The rim of the basket is bound with 

 cotton cloth, and the inner side of the bottom is covered with the same 







V^^^'^'Lk '/W'.;, 



Fig. 9. 



BASKET FOR DICE GAME. 



Diameter, 9 inches. 

 Arapaho Indians, Indian Territory. 



(.':it, \... \;,iWi, U.S.N.M. 



material. The game is played by women. Collected by J ames Mooney, 

 J 891. 



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