CHESS AND PLAYING-CARDS. 



691 



Mr. Gushing suggested to the m riter that these blocks were probably 

 derived from similar gamiug implemeuts made of shards of ])ottery. 



Arapaho. Barlingtoii, Oklahoma. 



Set of four <lice; two oval bones, 1^ inches in greatest diameter with 



Fig. 10. 



SET OF BONE DICE. 



Length, IJ to 2J inches. 

 Arapaho Indians, Indian Territory. 



Cat. No. 165765, U.S.N. M. 



burned designs on one side, and two worked peach stones, also burned 

 11 inch in greatest diameter (fig. 13). Opposite sides unmarked. Also 

 shallow basket of woven grass, 9^ inches in diameter at top and If 



Fig. 11. 



BASKET FOR DICE GAME. 



Diameter, 10 inche.s. 

 Arapaho Indians, Indian Territory. 



Cat. No. 165765, U.S.N. M. 



inches deep. Collected by Mr. Abram D. Nace about 1888. They aie 

 now in the private collection of Mr. Charles H. Stephens, of Phila- 

 delphia, Pennsylvania. 



Cheyenne. Cheyenne and Arapaho Reservation, Indian Territory. 

 (Cat. No. 152803, U.S.N.M.) 

 Set of live bone dice marked on one side with burned designs 



