Gambling Tray
Large closed twined Yokut gambling tray. Geometric patterns such as a horizontal line, rectangular line, and zigzag line encircle the basket.
- Object: Gambling Tray
- Artist: -
- Circa: -
- Dimensions: 18.25" D x 1.5" H
- Culture Area: California / Tulare
- Cultural Group: Yokut
- Cultural Context: "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." (Art Institute of Chicago website)
- Donor: Ralph & Lois Stone
- Catalog #: 119.045