SIAMESE DOMINOES


Plate 11

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.







Last update January 31, 2010