Gambling Tray
Yokuts
c. 1900
Medium
Plant fibers
Dimensions
5.1 × 61 cm (2 × 24 in.)
Classification
basketry
Department
Arts of the Americas
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
132674
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
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.