Game Board

Mancala Board

2015-22-91

From: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 2015-22-91
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Democratic Republic of the Congo
Date Made Late 19th-Early 20th Century
Section African
Materials Wood
Description

Configuration: 4 x 7

Game board made of wood. Block-shaped board supported by short square pedestal with projection in the shape of a mask at one end of board. Twenty-eight deep square playing pockets.

Height 8.1 cm
Length 43.8 cm
Width 18.5 cm
Credit Line Gift from the Doug and Risa Polumbaum Collection, 2015
Other Number 106 - Collector Number

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