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Tonalamatl
Baraja Tonalamatl Mexican Aztec playing cards based on the prehispanic Codex Borgia manuscript.
Trinidad Carnival Playing Cards
“Allfours Carnival Playing Cards” designed by Gabby Woodham, Trinidad, 1995
Cartas Precolombinas
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by Simon Wintle
Spanish playing cards with Pre-Columbian designs from Argentina, 2001.
Apache cards by Tonto Naipero
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by Simon Wintle
Apache rawhide playing cards by ‘Tonto Naipero’, c.1871.
Ojibwa Native Indian Cards
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by Simon Wintle
Ojibwa Native Indian playing cards hand manufactured on birch bark in imitation of standard French / English cards, c.1875.
Apache Playing Cards
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by Simon Wintle
Apache Indian Playing Cards made on rawhide, first recorded 1875.
Maya
“Maya” playing cards designed by Russian artist V. M. Sveshnikov and first published by The Colour Printing Plant, St Petersburg, in 1975.
Mapuche Indian Playing Cards
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by Simon Wintle
Spanish-suited playing cards made on rawhide and said to have been used by Chilean Mapuche Indians, XVI-XVII century
Maya Playing Cards
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by Simon Wintle
The designs of Mayan artists shown here give a general idea of their enormous artistic and cultural potential.
Naipes Nacionales
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by Simon Wintle
Naipes Nacionales designed by Manuel Bayardi and published by Clemente Jacques y Cia, Mexico c.1940.
Mayan Cards
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by Simon Wintle
Mayan Playing Cards from Guatemala / Baraja Maya / containing illustrations of archaeology, art, folklore, history and mythology of the Mayans.
Calendario Inka
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by Simon Wintle
“Calendario Inka” playing cards published by Power Casinos, Lima, Peru, c.2004.
Baraja Cuauhtémoc
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by Simon Wintle
Baraja Cuauhtémoc published by Treviño Narro, Monterrey, Mexico Original artwork by P. X. Santaella featuring Aztec and other important pre-Columbian cultures.
Native Indian Hand-made Cards made on rawhide
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by Simon Wintle
Native Indian hand-made cards made on rawhide
El Ferrocarril
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by Simon Wintle
Naipe El Ferrocarril made by La Cubana, S.A. (Fabrica de Naipes El Aguila), Mexico, c.1960
Playing Cards from Mexico
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by Simon Wintle
MEXICO shares a long tradition with Spain in the field of playing cards. The Estanco de Naipes (playing-card monopoly) was established in 1576.
Latin American Playing Cards
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by Simon Wintle
Playing cards had been introduced to the Americas with explorers such as Columbus or Cortés, whose fellow countrymen were keen gamblers. Cards were imported from Spain since the 16th century. Local production usually imitated Spanish cards.
Inka-Dynasty
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by Simon Wintle
'Inka-Dynasty' playing cards are based on historic 16th century designs by the Peruvian chronicler Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala, and printed by Power Casinos, Lima, Peru, c.2004.
Las Cartas de Tacuabe by Manos del Uruguay
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by Simon Wintle
Tacuabé was a Charrúa native from Uruguay, an indigenous tribe that became extinct following European conquest and colonisation.
