cuLIN] DICE GAMES: ARAPAHO 55 
3; three diamonds blank (both rounds with marked side up), 3; four marked 
sides up, 1; five blank sides up, 1; five marked sides up, 8. 
A game, similar in principle but played with six dice instead of five, is also 
played by the Arapaho women, as well as by those of the Comanche and prob- 
ably of other tribes. 
Arapano. Oklahoma. (United States National Museum.) 
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Fig. 25. Fig. 26. 
Fic. 23. Bone dice; length, 1} to 2} inches; Arapaho Indians, Oklahoma; cat. no. 165765, United 
States National Museum. 
States National Museum. 
Fic. 26. Stick representing a man, used by women in dice game; length, 15} inches; Arapaho 
Indians, Oklahoma; cat. no. 44%, American Museum of Natural History. 
Cat. no. 165765. Set of five bone dice, marked on convex side with 
burned designs (figure 23), and much worn basket of woven 
grass, 10 inches in diameter at top and 2 inches deep (figure 24). 
