168 GAMES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS  [pru. ann, 24 
These were collected by Mr Stephen Powers, and are described by 
the collector under the name of nabago-in, as intended for women to 
gamble with: 
Four players squat in a circle and take turns in tossing these sticks on a 
basket tray. Five white sides must turn up to count 1. They mark in the sand 
and five marks count 1 stone; 10 stones end the game. 
Fic. 207. Stick dice; length, 2} inches; Paiute Indians, Pyramid lake, Nevada; cat. no. 19054, 
United States National Museum. 
Cat. no. 19695. Set of eight dice (figure 208), hoowats, made of 
canyon walnut shells, split in the middle, and each half filled 
with pitch and powdered charcoal, inlaid with small red and 
white glass beads and bits of abalone shell. They are accom- 
panied by a basket tray, chappit (cat. no. 19696). 
The collector, Mr Stephen Pow- 
ers, gives the following account of 
the game: 
The women squat on the ground and 
toss the dice in the tray. When either 
three or five of them fall flat side up 
Fic. 208. Walnut-shell dice; diameter,1 that counts 1. They keep count with 
inch; Paiute Indians, Pyramid lake, sticks for counters. The game is exclu- 
Nevada; cat. no. 19695, United States Na- sively for women, who bet on it with as 
tional Museum. 
much recklessness as men. 
SuosHont. Wind River reservation, Wyoming. (Free Museum of 
Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania.) 
Cat. no. 36859. Set of stick dice, topedi, slender twigs, two marked 
alike with grooves the entire length and cross notches in the 
middle and at the ends on the flat side; the reverse plain; two 
marked with red grooves and burnt designs on the flat side, 
and with burnt designs on the reverse, which is otherwise plain; 
length, 74 inches. 
Cat. no. 36860. Similar to the preceding, except that the designs on 
the reverses of the two sticks are slightly different; length, 94 
inches. 
Cat. no. 36861. Two alike, one side painted red, the reverse plain. 
One painted red on the flat side, with burnt marks in the center, 
