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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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See 1907 quote.

See: lahal

Quotations

1834-43

Some were gambling at Cards some playing the Indian game of hand and others horse racing. . . .

1907

Games . . . Hand Game. The commonest and most widely distributed of Indian guessing games. Two (or four) bone or wooden cylinders, one plain and one marked, are held in the hands by one player, the other side guessing in which hand the unmarked cylinder is concealed. The game is commonly counted with sticks and is played to the accompaniment of songs and incantations.

1966

[Caption] Playing the hand game at Rae, 1962; a six to eight hour session is followed by several hours of tea dancing.