CHESS AND PLAYING-CARDS. 



839 



Burmese dominoes resemble in size and material the wooden domi- 

 noes of Southern China. They are marked with incised circles (some- 

 times with small brass disks) as 

 follows :• 







Fig. 155. 

 KOL-HPAI DOMINOES. 



Korea. 



Cat. No. ■I70ii4, U.S.N.M. 

 From Korean Games. 



6-6, 1-1, 4-4, 1-3, 5-5, 3-3, and 2-2 

 duplicated, and one each of the fol- 

 lowing pieces : 6-3, 4-5, 6-2, 5-3, 4-3, 

 5-2, 2-4, 1-4, 2-3, and 1-2, the last 

 having" two smaller spots adjoining 

 the " 1." 



They are accompanied by a cubical 

 die about f inch square, with two 

 opposite faces marked with one spot, 

 two opposite faces marked with two 

 spots, aud two opposite faces marked 

 with three spots. This is used to 

 decide who shall play first. 



Dominoes are also a common game 

 in Siam, where they are called Tau- 

 tem (Chinese, td-tim), "Arranging," 

 or "Connecting Spots." A set con- 

 sists of twenty-four pieces, thin, rec- 

 tangular tablets of ivory, marked as 

 follows: the pieces G-6, 1-1, 4-4, 1-3, 

 5-5, 3-3, 2-2, 5-6, 4-6, 1-6, and 1-5 

 duplicated, and one of each of the 

 pieces 6-3 and 6-2. Both Burmese 

 and Siamese dominoes are probably 

 derived from China. 



25. Dominoes. United States.' Set 

 of twenty-eight pieces, bone, 

 with black wood backs. 



Dr. Gustav Schlegel states that 

 the European game of dominoes was 

 borrowed from the Chinese, the phil- 

 osophic-astromonic eleuients being 

 done away with, and only the arith- 

 metical retaiued. 



The game seems to date from a re- 

 cent period in Europe. According to Brockhaus' Conversations-Lexi- 

 kon, Article "Domino," it was introduced into Germany through 

 France from Italy about the middle of the last century. In England 

 it a])pears, from a writer m Notes and Queries, to have been introduced 

 by French prisoners about the close of the last century. 



' Cat. No. 17576, Mus. Arch., Univ. Penn. Purchased in Washington, D. C. 



