Game Board
Mancala Board
2015-22-23
From: Sierra Leone
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 2015-22-23 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mende |
| Provenience | Sierra Leone |
| Date Made | Early 20th Century |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Configuration: 2 x 6 Plus 2 Endcups Game board made of wood. Boat-shaped with two pointed ends (canoe). Twelve playing pockets bisected by a ridge. Incised decoration on top and sides - chevrons and horizontal lines. Flat base. |
| Height | 10 cm |
| Length | 67.9 cm |
| Width | 14.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift from the Doug and Risa Polumbaum Collection, 2015 |
| Other Number | 24 - Collector Number |
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