EXPLANATION OF PLATE LXIII. 



Gambling Sticks; Mortars and carved Pestle for preparing Native Tobacco. 



Fig. 335. Gambling Sticks. Of wood; twenty -four in number, with deer-skin 



bag. Each stick is carved with a toteniic design. Cat. No. 6556, U. S. 



N. M. Tlingit, Sitka. Collected by Dr. T. T. Minor, U. S. Army. 

 Fig. 336. Gambling Sticks. Of wood; thirty -four in number; polished and inlaid 



with abalone. Cat. No. 20789, U. S. N. M. Tlingit, Sitka. Collected 



by James G. Swan. 

 Fig. 337. Stone Mortar. Ancient pattern; for grinding native tobacco for chew- 

 ing. Cat. No. 45961, U. S. N. M. Thngit, Sitka. Collected by John J. 



McLean. 

 Fig. 338. Stone Pestle. In shape of the raven; for preparing native tobacco. 



Cat. No. 67849, U. S.N. M. Tlingit. Hoodsinoo. Alaska. Collected by 



John J. McLean. 

 Fig. 339. Stone Mortar. Of calcite, with totemic designs on the exterior; for 



preparing native tobacco. Smaller examples used in gi-inding paint. 



Cat. No. 88823, U. S. N. M. Masset, Queen Charlotte Islands, British 



Columbia. Collected by James G. Swan. 



