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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1^96. 



Collected by Mr. James Mooney, 



painted lireeii instead of red (fig. 72). 



181)1. 



PAiUTE. South Utah. (Cat. No. 9411, Teabody Museum.) 



Fourteen strips of eane 5^ inches long and in width, with the mner, 

 curved sides painted red (tig. 7:^). Said to be used upon the dice prin- 

 ciple, the red sides only being (counted. Collected by Mr. P.dward 

 Palmer. 



Fig. 71. 



SET OF rtoNK DICE. 



Leugths, li to IJ iucbo.s. 

 Comanche Indians, luilian Territory. 



CmI. N... U.-2.<11„. r.S.N.M. 



PAIUTE. Pyramid Lake, Nevada. (Cat. No. 19054, U.S.N.M.) 



Set of twelve sticks of grease wood^ If inches in length, ,\.inch in 

 breadth, and ^ inch in thickness (fig. 74). Both sides rounded, the outer 

 painted red and the inner unpainted. Collected by Stephen Powers. 

 Described by the collector as women's gambling sticks. 



Fig. 72. 



SET OF BONE DICE. 



Lengths, 1| and 1| inches. 



Comanche Indians, Indian Territory. 



Ciit. No. \;,29nh, U.S.N.M. 



SnosiiONi. Fort Hall Agency, Idaho. (Cat. No. 22285, U.S.N.M.) 



Set of four sticks 10 inches in length, ^g inch in breadth, and -,% inch 

 in thickness; rectangular in section (tig. 75). Made from grooved box 

 boards, which Mr. Cushiug pointed out to the writer were used as a 

 substitute for split canes. Burned on inner grooved side with four 

 transverse marks, two near each end. Collected by William H. 

 Danilson, 



^Larrea Mexicana. 



