CULIN] DICE GAMES: PIMA : ilsyil 
These were collected by Dr H. F. C. ten Kate, jr, and catalogued 
under the name of kiense (quince), and are similar to the sets from 
the Pima in the United States National Museum (cat. no. 27842, 
27843, 76017). 
Dr ten Kate* refers to this game as kiensse, and says it resembles 
the otochei and oetaha of the Yuma and Mohave. 
Fic. 175. Stick dice; length, 5 inches; Pima Indians, Arizona; cat. no. 9362, 52, Rijks Ethno- 
graphisches Museum, Leiden. 
Prva. Arizona. (Cat. no. 218042, United States National Mu- 
seum. ) 
Four sticks of mesquite wood, about 8% inches in length, hemi- 
spheric in section and not colored on either side. They were 
collected by the late Dr Frank Russell, who gives the name 
of the game as ki"ts and of the sticks as kitts kut. 
The sticks [figure 176] are designated as follows: 
No. 1, ki-ik, four. No. 2, teo-otp’, six. No. 8, si-ika, meaning of word un- 
known to informants. No. 4, kits, meaning also unknown. ‘ 
The players sit about 10 feet apart, and put the sticks in play by striking 
from below with a flat stone held in the left hand. The sticks are held nearly 
vertical, but are inclined a little forward, so that they will fall in the center of 
the space between the players, who rake them back with a long stick after each 
throw. 
The count is similar to that described for the Papago game, if we substitute 
the Pima names for the pieces as follows: 
Two backs and 2 faces count 2; 1 back and 3 faces count 3; ki-ik facing uo 
and others down count 4; all faces up count 5; tco-otp’ 
facing up and others down count 6; all faces down count ne) 
10; sf-ika facing up and others down count 14; ki"ts fac- 2 
ing up and others down count 15. The counts are kept (XxX) 3 
upon a rectangle marked upon the ground, usually approx- ‘CAAA 1 
imating 12 by 8 feet, having 10 holes or pockets, counting F1c.176. Stick dice: 
the corners each time along each side. At two alternate Pima Indians, Ari- 
corners are two quadrants, called houses (ki), of five holes zona; cat. no. 218042, 
each, not counting the corner holes, called doors (utpa). United States Na 
The stick used by each player or side to mark its throw is soca ee aes ar 
called rsdika, slave or horse. When a player is “ coming home” and his count 
earries his “slave” only to the last hole of his house, it is said to be “in the 
fire,” and remains “ burnt” until he throws a less number than 14 or 15. 
The corner hole of the rectangle is called teolit, hip; the second, tcoolrsén, 
near the corner; the third, rsa-akit, middle; the fourth, k6kétam, above the end; 
the fifth, ko-ok, last; the first hole of the house, tc6oletam, above the hip; the 
* Reisen en Onderzoekingen in Noord Amerika, p. 159, Leiden, 1885. 
