All the "dice" of whatever kind have the two sides different in color, in marking, or in both.

Those of the smaller type are tossed in a basket or bowl.

Those that are like long sticks, similar to arrow shafts, from which they are primarily derived, were thrown by hand.

Myths of the Pueblo tribes speak of the game, in which "dice" shaped like a shaft were used, as being played by the War Gods.

The split-cane "dice" were "sacrificed" on the altar sacred to the Gods of War.
In this connection it is interesting to find evidence that the "dice game" of hazard was associated with the thought of war among tribes very different, both in language and customs, from the Pueblo Indians.