478 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1891. 



Chinese chessmen (Tjang keui). Thirty-two hexagonal blocks of 

 pine wood, of three different sizes. Characters, Chinese, cut in the 

 blocks and painted blue or red. PI. xxiii, Fig. 2, lower right- 

 hand corner. 



Seoul, Koroii, 1885. 77025 



Collected by Ensign J. B. Bernadon, U. S. Navy. 



The name means "game of war." It is curious that the rank depends on the 

 size of the pieces, as in case of Japanese chin. Whether more ancient in type 

 than the pieces at present used iu China, which are of uniform size, is conjectural. 

 Played on a. hoard made of wood or paper. 



Dominoes (Kolpai, '^Boiie game"). Thirty-two ivory dies marked 

 with red and black spots large and small. PI. xxiv, Fig. 3. upper 

 right-hand corner. 



Size of dies, f inch long; one-half inch wide. 



Seoul, Korea, 1885. 77024 



Collected by Ensign J. B. Bernadon, U. S. Navy. 



The arrangement of the spots on these is identical with the dominoes of China 

 and it is probable that the games are the same. In this game live or six can 

 play. They in turn cast off and draw until one player gets a suit of doubles 

 from one to six, when he cries "Suit," having won. Each player draws live 

 bones at first. 



Initiation club and noose (Yong-bag-mang-i and Jul). Wood; head 

 carved to represent the dragon ; painted in colors. Cord of plaited 

 silk attached to handle. The Jul is a rope made of strands of pink 

 cotton overplaited by pink, blue, and yellow silk thread. It has a 

 running noose at one end. 



Length, 21 inches. 



Seoul, Korea. 151631-2 



Collected by P. L. Jouy. 



Kept in the office of the messengers in the palace, official mansions, and gov- 

 erumeutiil departments. Newcomers are initiated l)y the "society," who pass 

 the noose around the ankle of the candidate and draw up his foot across the 

 knee. Then a set of difficult questions arc asked, and for every wrong answer 

 the victim receives a blow upon the sole. This initiation is Avith a view of 

 getting a treat. Newly married men are also put through a similar ordeal by 

 their frieuds. 



MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. 



Music is an important institution in Korea. The government educates 

 and maintains musicians and allows bands to furnish music for oflQcial 

 receptions and at the palace. 



There is a system of notation; the notes are circles and their tonal 

 value is indicated by the shaded area. 



Vocal classes are taught the range through which the voice should 

 rise and fall by the inclination of a rod in the -hands of the teacher. 

 This is similar in effect to the Thibetan descriptive score. * 



There are many musical instruments of all classes. The double- 

 headed drum produces four distinct sounds, according to the place 



* W. W. Rockhill: The Laud of the Lamas, p. 



