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Playing ginskut game

"Playing Giñskut Game"


Men playing ginskut game
"Indian Day", Santa Rosa, Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation. Elders playing the game of "Quinze". Photograph by Helga Teiwes, September 1979.

(Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona,
Tucson: 52237)

Saguaro Rib Ginskut Game Dice

SAGUARO RIB GIÑSKUT GAME DICE

Made by Danny Lopez, January 2001, Tohono O'odham Reservation,
ASM Purchase (AT-2001-10-1)

Giñskut is a gambling game in which four differently-carved sticks are thrown. The count is based upon which sticks land face up, and determines how far a player's "horse" or "man" can proceed around a stone ring. Photograph by Geoffrey Ashley.

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