• CHESS AND PLAYING-CARDS. 



755 



Gros Ventres. Dakota. (Cat. No. 8425, TJ.S.KM.) 



Set of tour bone staves made from cores of elk liorn, 8i inches in 

 length, f^ inch in width in middle, and about -fV inch thick. The outer 



Fig. 81. 

 SET OP BONE DICK. 



Lengths, IJ, Ij^, and 1 inch. 



Mandan Indians, Fort Berthold, Korth Dakota. 



Cat. No. 8427, U.S.N. M. 



rounded face of the bone is marked with lines and dots, filled in with 

 faint red paint, as shown in ti<>-. 80, there being two pairs marked alike. 

 Opposite, unmarked and showing texture of bone. Ends rounded. 

 Collected by Dr. Washington Matthews, U. S. A. Described as 



BASKET FOR DICE GAME. 



Diameter, 7i Inches. 

 Man Jau Indians, Fort Berthold, Korth Dakota. 



Cat. No. 8427, U.S.N.M. 



women's gambling instruments. Dr. Matthews states in a private 

 letter to the writer that these bone staves were not thrown so as to 

 rebound, but gently, ends down, on a blanket. 



