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burned and painted green, length, 1} inches; two rectangular 
pieces with similar cross burned and painted red, length, 13 
inches. The reverse sides are all plain (figure 19). 
Fic. 19. Bone dice; diameter, 1 to 1{ inches; Arapaho Indians, Wyoming; cat. no. 36961, Free 
Museum of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania. 
Cat. no. 36962. Twenty pieces, contained in a small cotton-cloth bag. 
The following are bone, with burnt designs on one face, the reverse 
being plain: Three diamond-shaped with cross (figure 20a); three 
diamond-shaped, quartered, the alternate quarters burned (figure 
20%); three elliptical, with elongated diamond in field (figure 20c) ; 
three elliptical, with cross band and lines at end (figure 20d); one 
elliptical, with central diamond inclosed by chevrons (figure 20e) ; 
two rectangular, with central cross lines and wedge on each end (fig- 
ure 207); one rectangular, with lines at the ends (figure 20g); two 
rectangular, with three dots (figure 20/). 
The following are of peach stone: Three with Greek cross (figure 
207); two with dot in circle (figure 207). All of these specimens 
were collected by the writer in 1900. 
Fic. 20. Bone and peach-stone dice; diameter, } inch to 2} inches; Arapaho Indiaus, Wyoming; 
eat. no. 36962, Free Museum of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania. 
Arapano. Cheyenne and Arapaho reservation, Oklahoma. (Cat. 
no. 152802, 152803, United States National Museum.) 
Set of five dice of buffalo bone, marked on one side with burnt de- 
signs (figure 21) and basket of woven grass, 9 inches in diameter 
at top and 24 inches deep (figure 22). The rim of the basket is 
