SIAMESE DOMINOES
Dominoes are called in Siamese tau tem (Chinese
tá tim) "arranging or connecting spots".
Two sets of dominoes exhibited by the Government of Siam
in the Section of Games at the Columbian Exposition consist of 24 thin
rectangular tablets of ivory, one with face of a by 12/16 by 1 and the
other 11/16 by 13/16 inches (Plate 11).
The "ones" and "fours" marked with red and the others with
black spots in the following series: The pieces 6-6, 1-1, 4-4, 1-3, 5-5, 3-3.,
2-2, 5-6, 4-6, 1-6, and 1-5 duplicated, and one of each of the pieces 6-3 and
6-2.