Game Board
Mancala Board
2015-22-27
From: Sierra Leone
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 2015-22-27 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mende (uncertain) | Vai (uncertain) |
| Provenience | Sierra Leone |
| Date Made | Late 19th-Early 20th Century |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Configuration: 2 x 6 Game board made of wood. Boat-shaped with two pointed ends (canoe); triangle shaped end pockets. Board surpported by central pedestal. Twelve round playing pockets. |
| Height | 12.3 cm |
| Length | 66 cm |
| Width | 16.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift from the Doug and Risa Polumbaum Collection, 2015 |
| Other Number | 28 - Collector Number |
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