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Culin, Robert S. Chess and Playing Cards: Catalogue of games and implements for divination exhibited by the Unites States National Museum in connection with the Department of Archaeology and Paleontology of the University of Pennsylvania at the Cotton States and International Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia 1895. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1898.

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18307.9

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Divining Splint

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16389

Game Diagram

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18598

18598

Chess Board

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18619A

18619A

Game Stick

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Scepter

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Parchisi Game Piece

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Game Piece

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Game Piece

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Disc Dice

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Disc Dice

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Disc Dice

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Disc Dice

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Disc Dice

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31-23-171B

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Stick Dice

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Playing Card Box

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16535.2

16535.2

Game Piece

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16477C

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Atlatl

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17435

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Goose Game

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17421

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Goose Game

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Game Board

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Playing Cards

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17686B

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Arrow

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E1132

E1132

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Die

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E1154D

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