104 GAMES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS  [ETH. ayy. 24 
In reply to my inquiry in reference to the use of such objects in 
games by the Arctic Highlanders of Greenland, Mr Henry G. Bryant 
writes me that small images of birds are rare among them, although 
representations of men, women, walrus, seal, bears, and dogs are part 
of the domestic outfit of every well-regulated family. 
I understand that the leg bones of the arctic fox are sometimes tied together 
on a string, and at times these are thrown up and their position noted when 
striking the ground. Perhaps they attach a significance to the position of the 
fox bones, which may be analogous to 
the practice of using wooden or bone 
dice by other tribes. 
Eskimo (WeEsTERN). Point 
Barrow, Alaska. (Cat. 
no. 41840, 41841, Free 
Museum of Science and 
Art, University of 
Fia. 114. Phalanges of seal used in game; P syl } 
nnsylvania. 
length, 1} to 3 inches; Western Eskimo, Point e YAN) ) 
Barrow, Alaska; cat. no. 41841, Free Museum ‘Two sets, each of twenty-five 
oheenaee and Art, University of Pennsyl metatarsal bones (fi gure 
114) of the seal (five sets 
from as many sets of flippers), employed in a game called inugah. 
These were collected by Mr EK. A. Mcllhenny. The following 
account of the game is given by the collector: 
Played by men and women during the winter months. Two persons play, 
dividing the fifty bones between them, one taking twenty-five from a right flipper 
and the other twenty-five from a left. The first player lets 
all his bones fall, and those which fall with the condylar 
surface upward are withdrawn. The other player then lets 
his bones fall and withdraws those which fall with the con- 
dylar surface upward in the same way. Then the first drops 
his remainder, and the game proceeds until one or the other 
has withdrawn all his bones and becomes the winner. An- 
other game is played by two players, each with a single yg.115. Bone die 
metatarsal bone, the one represented in the foreground of fig- (stopka); West- 
ure 114 being selected preferably. The two players hold the ern Eskimo, Ko- 
diak, Alaska; 
bone aloft at the same time and let it fall on a skin on the Gagan Wisc 
floor from a distance of 2 feet. If both bones fall alike, the 
play is a draw. If one falls with the condylar surface upward, its owner wins 
and takes the other one. The game is continued in the same way until the 
bones of one or the other player are exhausted. 
— Island of Kodiak, Alaska. 
Capt. Uriy Lissiansky ” says: 
There is another favorite game called stopka [figure 115], which is a small 
figure cut out of bone. It is thrown up into the air, and if it falls on its bottom 
2 are counted; if on its back, 3, and if on its belly, 1 only. This game consists 
in gaining 20, which are also marked with short sticks. 
“Mr Bryant states that these miniature figures, which are made of ivory, are employed 
to teach children the arts of the chase. 
> A Voyage Round the World, p. 211, London, 1814, 
