Patoruzito
Patoruzito children’s playing cards, Argentina, 2004.
Patoruzito children’s playing cards, based on the animated adventure tale by Dante Quinterno (1909 - 2003) about a young boy and his family who live in the Patagonian outback. The full pack contains 40 cards and each image is repeated so that a matching pairs game can be played.
Above: Patoruzito children’s playing cards, Argentina, 2004. Anonymous publisher. 40 cards in box.
By Simon Wintle
Member since February 01, 1996
Founder and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996. He is a former committee member of the IPCS and was graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal for many years. He has lived at various times in Chile, England and Wales and is currently living in Extremadura, Spain. Simon's first limited edition pack of playing cards was a replica of a seventeenth century traditional English pack, which he produced from woodblocks and stencils.
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