Steph Posted May 31, 2014 Report Share Posted May 31, 2014 Turkish children playing marbles in Angora with vertebrae of sheep Are you able to see the picture there? Won't open for me. Might not be available online. I googled sheep vertebrae to see if I could visualize how they could be used as marbles. But it's a head scratcher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted May 31, 2014 Report Share Posted May 31, 2014 It says, "Larger images display only at the Library of Congress". Anyone close? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted June 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2014 Apparently vertebrae and other bones were sometimes called "knucklebones" and they may have been a precursor to our jacks. ... and in Mongolia, anklebones could be flicked like marbles for game play. Maybe "marbles" was used by whoever labeled the photo because he couldn't think of a better term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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