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the other. The flat ahl stone is placed in the middle of the cloth, and the 
players kneel on the edge. The two awls are stuck in the creek at 1 1. The 
player at A makes the first throw, and the throwing goes around the circle 
Fia. 132. Counting sticks and awls for ahl (stick-dice) game; lengths, 8} and 6} inches; Kiowa 
Indians, Oklahoma; cat. no. 16536, Free Museum of Science and Art, University of Pennsyl- 
vania. 
in the direction of the hands of a watch, each side counting the results of each 
throw on the ahl cloth by sticking its awl just beyond the mark called for by 
the results of the throw. The moves 
are made in the opposite directions, as 
indicated by the arrows. 
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Cloth for ahl game; Kiowa Indians, Oklahoma; cat. no. 16535, Free Museum of Science 
and Art, University of Pennsylvania. 
If in counting any awl gets into the creek at N, that side must forfeit a 
counter to the other side and be set back to the creek at S. That side 
then said to have fallen into the creek, the object being to jump over. If 
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