Mongolian games

thumb|upright=1.3|Names given to possible positions of a sheepbone shagai. From top left clockwise: Camel, Horse, Goat, Sheep Shagai (, ), chükö (, ), asyk/ashyk/oshuq (, ; ; ; , ), gachuha (Manchu : ) refers to the astragalus of the ankle of a sheep or goat. The bones are collected and used for traditional games and fortune-telling throughout Central Asia, and games involving the ankle bones may also be referred to by the name of the bones. They may be painted bright colours. Such bones have been used throughout history, and are thought to be the first forms of dice. In English language sourc

thumb|right|290px|Ivory shatar displayed in Hulunbuir National Museum