cULIN] DICE GAMES: MAKAH 197 
Dr C. F. Newcombe informs me that after very careful inquiry 
he is unable to find this game among the Kwakiutl. The name 
eibayu is similar to libaiu, that of the stick game. 
Maxan. Neah bay, Washington. (Cat. no. 23351, United States 
National Museum.) 
Seven beaver teeth, probably part of two or more sets. Two, right 
and left, apparently from the same animal, are similarly marked 
on the flat side with chevron pattern (figure 260, a, 6). 
Two, also apparently from the same animal, are marked with 
circles and dots (figure 260 c, d). Two teeth, right and left, are 
marked with three chevrons, and one odd tooth has ten circles. 
The following account of the game is given by the collector, Mr 
J. G. Swan:? 
Four teeth are used; one side of each has marks and the other is plain. If all 
four marked sides come up or all four plain sides, the throws form a double; if 
two marked and two plain ones come up, it is a single; uneven numbers lose. 
He states also that this game is usually played by the women, and 
that the beaver teeth are shaken in the hand and thrown down.? 
Neah bay, Washington. (Cat. no. 37378, Free Museum of 
Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania.) 
Fig. 263. 
FiG. 261. Beaver-teeth dice; length, 2 inches; Makah Indians, Washington; cat. ro. 37378, Free 
Museum of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania. 
Fig. 262. Counters for hbeaver-teeth dice; length, 4} inches; Makah Indians, Washington; cat 
no. 37378, Free Museum of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania. 
FiG. 263. Charm used with beaver-teeth dice; Makah Indians, Washington; cat. no. 37378, Free 
Museum of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania. 
Four beaver-teeth dice (figure 261), two with incised chevrons on 
one side and two with circles with center dot; reverses plain; 
*The Indians of Cape Flattery. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, n. 220, 
p. 44, 1870. 
>The Northwest Coast, or Three Years’ Residence in Washington Territory, p. 158, 
New York, 1857. 
