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on both sides; one, two crosses with three dots on the red side 
opposite, and the other, six diagonal lines with two crosses on the 
red side opposite. 
These were collected by Mr 8. C. Simms, who describes them as 
used in a woman’s game. There are 14 other sets of these stick dice 
in this collection, all of four sticks each, varying in length from 6 to 
114 inches. They are painted red, green, blue, yellow, and black. 
Two sticks in each set are distinguished by burnt marks on both sides 
more or less like those figured. 
Fig. 230. 
Fia, 227. Stick dice; length, 11} inches; Crow Indians, Montana; cat. no. 69691, Field Columbian 
Museum. 
F1G. 228. Bone dice and counting sticks; length of sticks, 4 inches; Crow Indians, Montana; cat. 
no. 69711, 69712, Field Columbian Museum. 
Fia 229. Platter for dice; diameter, 9 inches; Crow Indians, Montana; cat. no, 69712, Field 
Columbian Museum. 
Fic. 230. Plum-stone dice; Crow Indians, Montana; cat. no. 69699, 69700, 69701, 69702, 69706, 69707, 
69708, 69731, 69732, Field Columbian Museum. 
Cat. no. 69711, 69712. Set of implements for woman’s dice game, 
consisting of six bone dice, three triangular and three rectangular, 
marked on one side with burnt designs; a wooden bowl, 9 inches 
in diameter, and twelve willow twig counting sticks, 4 inches in 
length (figures 228, 229). Collected by Mr S. C. Simms in 1901. 
There are some fifty sets of these dice in this collection, each con- 
sisting of six pieces, of which three and three are alike. They are 
made of bone, of plum stones (figure 230), and of wood, uniformly 
marked on one side with burnt designs. A few sets are made of for- 
eign material, such as blue china, brass buttons, etc. They closely 
resemble the dice used by the Shoshoni in Wyoming. 
