info re; mandan game piece, game rules and meaning

[larson1951]

here are some images taken from an extremely old book written by missionaries a long time ago
the game piece is part of a set of six made to play 'sha-we'.......
from the limited ability i have to speak a tiny bit of sioux or mandan the name sha-we or sha-win both pronounced shaw -wee..........
..........have meaning of 'game of women'

now the following images
i have been wrong calling the game by; 'ba-dush-ka'.......it is the name of the basket called 'bach-dush-ke'.........
'sha-we' is the name of the game

so if you are interested here you go:





the bottom center is a buffalo face......which is the rarest in our site......we have never found one....not yet anyhow



scoring rules

scoring rules

 

[iowa trout]

Good stuff Larson, that bison piece has got to be out there somewhere maybee several if each woman played ?

 

[larson1951]

Good stuff Larson, that bison piece has got to be out there somewhere maybee several if each woman played ?

thanks and that is what i think also.......just can't find that one....yet........maybe someday?

 

[quito]

To Cool!

Thanks for the info Lars.

Interesting auction going on down here today. Maybe I will find one here. here's a link to some interesting stuff

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wintersteen-Auction/244308089050868?sk=photos_stream

 

[justonemore]

Thanks!

 

[jamey]

good stuff mr larson

 

[larson1951]

To Cool!

Thanks for the info Lars.

Interesting auction going on down here today. Maybe I will find one here. here's a link to some interesting stuff

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wintersteen-Auction/244308089050868?sk=photos_stream

wow that link sure shows a ton of cool things

thanks for posting it.......everyone should click on it i have never seen so many things all at once...way way cool