914 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1896. 



Set of thirty-two polished birch-wood gambling-sticks (Oat Ko. 73522), 

 4f inches in length and i% inch in diameter, in leather pouch, beautifully 

 carved with designs in intaglio. Ends flat. Haida Mission, Jackson, 

 Alaska. Collected by Mr. J. Loomis Gould in 1884. 



Set of twenty-seven wood gambling-sticks (Cat. No. 6556), 4^ inches 

 in length and H inch in diameter, in leather pouch. Carved with incised 

 designs similar to, but not identical with, preceding. Sitka, Alaska. 

 Collected by Mr. T. T. Minor. 



The following sets are in the Peabody Museum of American Archae- 

 ology and Ethnology, Cambridge, Massachusetts: 



Set of forty-two wooden gambling-sticks (Cat. No. 203), 4i inches in 

 length and ^g inch in diameter, in leather pouch. Painted with red 

 and black ribbons. Ends flat. Northwest Coast. 



Thirty-seven wooden gambling-sticks (Cat. No. 203a), 4| inches in 

 length and f^ inch in diameter. Painted with red and black ribbons. 

 Ends flat. Northwest Coast. 



Seventeen wooden gambling-sticks (Cat. No. 2036), 4i inches in length 

 and -^ inch in diameter. Painted with red* and black ribbons. Ends 

 nipple-shaped. Northwest Coast. 



Set of fifty-three wooden gambling-sticks (Cat. No. 1717), 4f inches in 

 length and f inch in diameter, in buckskin bag. Painted with red and 

 black ribbons. Ends slightly rounded. Said to be Kolushan. Sitka, 

 Alaska. Collected by Mr. E. G. Fast. 



Set of forty-three wooden gambling sticks (Cat. No. 1718), 5i inches in 

 length and | inch in diameter, in a buckskin bag. Twelve are inlaid 

 with haliotis shell and the majority of the sticks are painted and burned. 

 Ends rounded. Said to be Kolushan. Sitka, Alaska. Collected by Mr. 

 E. G. Fast. 



Set of fifty-one wooden gambling- sticks (Cat. No. 48395), 5^ inches in 

 length and ^ inch in diameter. Painted with red and black ribbons. 

 Ends rounded. Collected by Mr. E. G. Fast. 



