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Sign in to savethumb|Pieter Bruegel the Elder – ''Children's Games (detail) – Knucklebones Knucklebones, also known as scatter jacks, snobs, astragaloi (singular'': astragalus), tali, dibs, fivestones, jacks, jackstones, or jinks, among many other names, is a game of dexterity played with a number of small objects that are thrown up, caught, and manipulated in various manners. It is ancient in origin and is found in various cultures worldwide.
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- Game.title
- Knucklebones
- Game.image_link
- The Childrens Museum of Indianapolis - Jacks.jpg
- Game.image_caption
- A collection of jacks within the permanent collection of The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
- Game.genre
- Hand game
- Game.skills
- Fine motor skill
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- Central Asia
- Middle East
- East Asia
- South Asia
- Austronesia
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- Americas
- Modern game
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thumb|Pieter Bruegel the Elder – ''Children's Games (detail) – Knucklebones Knucklebones, also known as scatter jacks, snobs, astragaloi (singular: astragalus), tali, dibs, fivestones, jacks, jackstones, or jinks, among many other names, is a game of dexterity played with a number of small objects that are thrown up, caught, and manipulated in various manners. It is ancient in origin and is found in various cultures worldwide.
The name "knucklebones" is derived from the Ancient Greek version of the game, which uses the astragalus (a bone in the ankle, or hock) of a sheep. However, different variants of the game from various cultures use other objects, including stones and metal cubes.