Gambling Tray
Yokuts
1900
- Medium
- Plant fibers
- Dimensions
- 5.1 × 61 cm (2 × 24 in.)
- Genre
- basketry
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
gamesamericasfigures (representations)gamblingfiberbasketrygeometricbasketmakingnative americanplant fibernative north americanArts of the Americasnatural fiberdecorative artscalifornia coastart of the americasyokuts
About
Games of chance were played by many of California's indigenous peoples. This gambling tray would have been used for huuchuish, a game of dice played exclusively by women in which eight walnut-shell dice were thrown and sticks were used to keep score. The dice, score sticks, and participants are depicted in the circular design woven into this tray.
