Jacks - Matatena
by Agustin Uzarraga
Title
Jacks - Matatena
Artist
Agustin Uzarraga
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
The Matatena or Matatenas is a very particular game in Mexico in which it influences mainly the skill of the participants, and to a much smaller extent the chance. Its name is derived from the Nahuatl Language, "matetena": to fill the hand of stones; and comes from ma-itl (hand), te-tl (stone) and tena-lia (fill).
The jacks are thrown to the ground and a rubber ball is bounced to the ground, while the ball is in the air jacks are collected one at a time in the first turn.
Long time ago, the pieces was made of lead with different colors, now, are wood or plastic,. The pieces of this photo are lead ancient survivors, original hand painted, now, the color is lost, this pieces most have like 70 or 80 years old
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October 26th, 2017
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