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length, 2 inches. One tooth, marked with circles, is tied with a 
string around the middle. 
Thirty small bones (figure 262), 44 inches in length, accompany the 
dice as counters, katsaiac. Collected by the writer in 1900. 
The set is contained in a cotton-cloth bag, in which also was the 
charm (figure 263), or medicine, koi, used to secure success. ‘This 
consists of a dried fungus, which is rubbed on the hands, and the 
tooth of a small rodent. 
Dr George A. Dorsey * describes the following game: 
Ehis This is the well-known game of the beaver-teeth dice, and is played by 
women throughout the extent of the Northwest Territory. Of this game three 
sets were collected, one of which is imperfect. There are four teeth in each full 
set, two of which, usually the lower, are decorated with incised lines, chibhlichi- 
cotl, which refer merely to the markings. The other pair are variously deco- 
rated with a single row of circles or circles arranged in groups. These are 
known as culkotlith, dotted teeth. In two of the sets, one of the dotted dice is 
further distinguished by means of a band of black yarn about the center. This 
is known as quisquis, or snow. The teeth are thrown from the hand upon the 
ground or upon a blanket. When the marked sides of all four teeth lie upper- 
most the count is 2 and is known as dhabas or all down. When the four plain 
sides lie uppermost the count is also 2 and is known as tascoas or without 
marks. When the two dotted dice fall face down, ani the cross-hatch dice fall 
face uppermost, then the count is 1, chilitchcoas or cross-hatch dice up. The 
exact reverse of this also counts 1, and is known as kulcocoas or dots down. 
When one of the teeth is further distinguished by being wrapped with a black 
band the count is somewhat different: all the marked sides uppermost, counting 
4; while the wrapped tooth up with three blank teeth, count 4, also. The 
remaining counts are as before described. 
Noorka. Vancouver island, British Columbia. (Cat. no. IV A 
1487, Berlin Museum fiir V6lkerkunde. ) 
Fig. 264. Fig. 265. 
F 1a. 264. Bone dice; length, 2 inches; Nootka Indians, Vancouver island, British Columbia; cat. 
no. IV A 1487, Berlin Museum fiir Vélkerkunde. 
Fig. 265. Bone dice; length, 1{ inches; Nootka Indians, Vancouver island, British Columbia; 
cat. no, IV A 1487, Berlin Museum fiir Vélkerkunde. 
4 Games of the Makah Indians of Neah Bay. The American Antiquarian, vy. 23, p. 72, 
1901. 
