Game Board

Mancala Board

2015-22-73

From: Central Africa

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 2015-22-73
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Luba
Provenience Central Africa
Date Made Late 19th-Early 20th Century
Section African
Materials Wood
Description

Configuration: 4 x 7

Game board made of wood. Rectangular shaped board supported by short oval pedestal. Projection in the shape of human head at one end of board, opposite end has phallic/handle projection. Twenty-eight square playing pockets.

Height 10 cm
Length 80.3 cm
Width 31.4 cm
Credit Line Gift from the Doug and Risa Polumbaum Collection, 2015
Other Number 85 - Collector Number

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