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Evidence in Navajo
1 pieces of evidence found.
Id DLP.Evidence.1592
Type Ethnography
Game Tsi-Di'l
Date 1897-01-01 - 1897-12-31
Rules A number of stones, arranged in a square. The sapces between the stones are the playing spaces. Players play with sticks, which moves through the playing spaces. Three sticks, used as dice.
Content "Tsi-di'l, or tin-di'l is a game played by Navaho women. the principal implements of the game are three sticks, which are thrown violently, ends down, on a flat stone, around which the gamblers sit. The sticks rebound so well that they would fly far away, were not a blanket stretched overhead to throw them back to the players. A number of small stones, in the form of a square, are used as counters; these are not moved, but sticks, whose positions are changed according to the fortunes of the game, are placed between them. The rules of the game have not been recorded." Matthews 1897: 219.
Confidence 100
Ages Adult
Spaces Outside
Genders Female
Source Matthews, W. 1897. Navaho Legends. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
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