Marble (toy) conventions. Additionally, many glass artisans produce art marbles for the collectors' market only, with some selling for thousands of dollars. Marbles are made using many techniques. They can be categorized into two general types: hand-made and machine-made. Marbles were originally made by hand. Stone or ivory marbles can be fashioned by grinding. Clay, pottery, ceramic, or porcelain marbles can be made by rolling the material into a ball, and then letting dry, or firing, and then can be left natural, painted, or glazed. Clay marbles, also known as "crock marbles" or "commies" ("common"), are made of slightly porous clay, traditionally
Cherokee marbles Cherokee marbles Cherokee marbles (ᏗᎦᏓᏲᏍᏗ, digadayosdi), or "five hole," is a traditional game among the Cherokee people of the United States. It is played, traditionally, with round balls made of stone, but now sometimes with standard billiard balls. An annual tournament is held during Cherokee National Holiday each Labor Day weekend. The origin of the game is unknown, and it is not mentioned in the works of ethnologist James Mooney. Cherokee marbles is a similar game to the rolley hole marbles played by Anglo-Americans in Kentucky and Tennessee, though the dimensions are different and rolley hole uses three holes instead