CULIN] DICE GAMES: SAUK AND FOXES 85 
between transverse lines, one of the latter tied with a leather 
band (figure 76). Collected by Mr R. N. Wilson. 
Porawatomi. Potawatomi reservation, Oklahoma. (Cat. no. 70701, 
Field Columbian Museum.) 
Set of 8 bone dice (figure 77); six disks, three-fourths of an inch 
in diameter, one tor- 
toise, and one _ horse 
head, with one side 
rounded and plain and 
reverse flat and stained 
red; accompanied by a 
flat wooden bowl, 11 
inches in diameter, and 
25 seeds used in count- 
ing. Collected by Dr Fia.77. Bone dice; diameter, { inch; Potawatomi Indians, 
Oklahoma; cat. no. 70701, Field Columbian Museum. 
George A. Dorsey. 
Sauk anp Foxes. Tama, Iowa. (Cat. no. 36751, Free Museum of 
Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania.) 
Eight disks of bone (figure 78), gusigonuk, three-fourths of an inch 
in diameter. Six are marked with two incised circles on one side. 
and two with a five-pointed star inclosed in a circle, with a brass 
boss in the center which penetrates to the other side. Except 
for this the reverses are plain. Accompanied by a wooden bow], 
anagai (cat. no. 36752), 
made of a maple knot, 
grease-soaked and highly 
polished; diameter, 114 
inches. Collected by the 
writer in 1900. 
Both men and women play, but 
this is especially a woman’s game. 
The dice are tossed in the bowl, and 
the count is kept with ten sticks, 10 
being the game. The counts are as 
follows: Eight marked sides up 
Fic. 79. Message sticks for woman’s 
dice game; length, 5} inches; Sauk 
Fia.78. Bone dice; diameter, } inch; Sauk and Fox and Fox Indians, Tama, Towa; cat. 
Indians, Tama, Iowa; cat. no. 36751, Free Museum no. 3$$3, American Museum of Natural 
of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania. History. 
9. 
counts 4; eight plain sides up, 4; seven marked sides and one white side up, 2; 
six marked sides and two white sides up, 1; seven white sides and one marked 
up, 2; six white sides and two marked up, 1; seven white sides and one star up, 5; 
seven marked sides and one brass stud up, 5; six white sides and two stars up, 
10; six marked sides and two brass studs up, 10. The game is called gusigonogi. 
