912 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1896. 



Set of fifty-five cedar gambling- sticks (Cat. ISTo. 74258), 5 inches in 

 length and f g in diameter, in leather pouch. Thirty marked with red 

 and black ribbons and twenty- five plain. Ends flat. Alaska. Col- 

 lected by Mr. John J. McLean. 



Set of thirty-three spruce gambling-sticks (Cat. No. 75422), 5-i; 

 inches in length and H i^^h in diameter, in leather pouch. Thirty- 

 three marked with red and black ribbons, and all, with three excep- 

 tions, inlaid with from one to nine^ strips of abaloiie shell of a variety of 

 patterns — round, oval, rectangular, crescent, leaf- shaped, and triangu- 

 lar. Three have nearly obliterated outline paintings of animal designs, 

 and two are deeply carved, one with a human head, painted red, near 

 both ends, and the other with a single head, similarly painted, and 

 having a flat labret of abalone shell inserted. Ends nipple-shaped. 

 The inner side of the flap of the pouch is jDainted in green, red, and 

 black, with a conventional animal. Sitka, Alaska. Collected by Mr. 

 John J. McLean. 



Set of sixty-eight wood gambling-sticks (Cat. No. 75423), 4f inches in 

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

 and black ribbons. Ends flat, inset with small disks of abalone shell. 

 Sitka, Alaska. Collected by Mr. John J. McLean. 



Set of fifty-seven bone gambling-sticks (Cat. No. 67909a), 4|f inches 

 in length and -^e inch in diameter, with hole drilled near one end for 

 stringing. All engraved with fine encircling lines. One is inset with 

 rectangular strip of abalone shell and one with rectangular piece of 

 ivory, and has another hole, similarly shaped,'from which the ivory has 

 been removed. Six others have deep square and triangular holes for 

 the insertion of slips of ivory or shell, and twelve are engraved with 

 conventional animal designs, of which five have holes for the insertion 

 of ivory eyes. Ends flat. Chilkat; Alaska. Collected by Mr. John J. 

 McLean. 



Set of thirty-nine bone gambling-sticks (Cat. No. 679096), 4^^ inches in 

 length and -/e inch in diameter, with hole drilled near one end for 

 stringing. All engraved with fine encircling lines. One has two deep 

 rectangular holes for the insertion of abalone shell, which has been 

 removed. One has row of three dots and three dotted circles. Four 

 are engraved with conventional animal designs. Chilkat; Alaska. 

 Collected by Mr. John J. McLean. 



Set of forty-two bone gambling-sticks (Cat. No. 75421), 4^^.- inches in 

 length and W inch in diameter. All engraved with fine encircling 

 lines. One has deep hole with a slip of abalone shell inserted, and four 

 have similar holes from which shell has been removed. Five of the 

 sticks are fragmentary, and the tips of many apparently show the 

 action of fire. Ends flat. Alaska. Collected by Mr. John J. McLean. 



' Seventeen with one, four with two, five with three, one with four, one with five, 

 and one with nine pieces. When placed upon a smooth surface the weight of the 

 shell causes the sticks to turn so that the inserted pieces are concealed. 



