CHESS AND PLAYING-CARDS. 909 



carved with bead of a man. Ends ovate. Tliugit; Sitka, Alaska. 

 Collected by Lieut. George T. Emmons. 



Set of sixty-seven maple gambling-sticks (Gat. No. y|^), 4-^*^ inches 

 in length and ^ inch in diameter, in leatlier poucn. All marked with 

 red and black ribbons. Ends ovate. Tlingit; Sitka, Alaska. GoUected 

 by Lieut. George T. Emmons. 



Set of forty-three wood gambling-sticks (Gat. No. ^^^^3), 4jf inches in 

 length and -^q inch in diameter, in leather i)ouch. Twenty two painted 

 with red and black ribbons; others plain. Ends have small raised 

 flat disk. Collected by Lieut. George T. Emmons. 



Sixteen maple gambling-sticks (Cat. No. y^^), 4:-rg inches in length 

 and Hi inch in diameter, marked with red and black ribbons, and six 

 with burnt totemic designs. Ends ovate. With the above are ten 

 odd sticks belonging to six or seven different sets. Chilkat. Col- 

 lected by Lieut. George T. Enmions. 



Set of tifty-three wood gambling-sticks (Gat. No. yot^)? ^if int'bes in 

 length and j\r inch in diametei', in leather pouch. All marked with red 

 and black ribbons, and having each end incised with three crescent- 

 shaped marks suggesting a liuman face. In part inlaid with small 

 pieces of abaloue shell and small rings of copper wire. Ends flat. 

 Stahkin. Collected by Lieut. George T. Emmons. 



Set of forty-nine wood gambling-sticks (Cat. No. o^^), 3^6" inches in 

 length and i\ inch in diameter, in leather pouch. All painted with red 

 and black ribbons. Ten inlaid with small pieces of abalone shell, 

 copper, and horn. Ends flat. Tlingit; Eort Wrangell. Collected by 

 Lieut. George T. Emmons. 



Set of sixty maple gambling-sticks (Cat. No. ifs^), 5^ inches in 

 length and -j^ inch in diameter, in leather pouch. All marked with 

 red and black ribbons. Haida. Collected by Dr. J. W. Powell. 



Set of eighty-eight wood gambling- sticks (Cat. No. g^), 5 inches in 

 length and {'g inch in diameter, in leather pouch. All painted with red 

 and black ribbons. Two sticks carved at one end with human heads, 

 one having right arm and leg of human figure below and the other 

 their complement. Ends flat. Single-pointed paint-stick in pouch. 

 Haida. Collected by Dr. J. W. Powell. 



Set of fifty-four light-colored wood gambling-sticks (Cat. No. J-/^-), 

 about 4|f inches in length and -.^g inch in diameter. Length slightly 

 irregular. In leather pouch. All marked with red and black ribbons. 

 Ends flat, Double-jjointed imint-sticks, one end red, other black, in 

 pouch. Bellabella. (Wakashan.) Collected by Dr. J. W. Powell. 



Set of seventy-two wood gambling-sticks (Cat. No. y-A), 5-^% inches in 

 length and y\; inch in diameter, in leather pouch. All marked with 

 red and black ribbons and burnt totemic designs. Ends hollowed. 

 Paint-stick in iwuch. Bellabella. Collected by Dr. J. W. Powell. 



Set of sixty-one wood gambling-sticks (Cat. No. -,j\%-), 5^ inches in 

 length and ^ inch in diameter, in leather pouch. Three plain; others 



