Gambling Tray

Description

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.

Gambling Tray

Yokuts

c. 1900

Accession Number

132674

Medium

Plant fibers

Dimensions

5.1 × 61 cm (2 × 24 in.)

Classification

basketry

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Leonard S. Florsheim, Jr.