Stewart Culin
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Robert Stewart Culin was an American ethnographer and author interested in games, art and dress. Culin played a major role in the development of ethnography, first concentrating his efforts on studyin
Stewart Culin, c. 1920
Chinese dominoes
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Chinese dominoes are used in several tile-based games, namely, tien gow, pai gow, tiu u and kap tai shap. In Cantonese they are called gwāt pái, which literally means "bone tiles"; it is also the name
Stewart Culin
…on "China in America : a study in the social life of the Chinese in the eastern cities of the United States". In 1889 Culin published a report about Chinese Dominoes and Dice. In 1890 he wrote an article about Italian marionettes was inspired by a visit to a marionette theater in New York City. Active in several…
A full set of Chinese dominoes
Half of a Digging Flowers set. The other half is identical.
Dominoes from Korea