Game Board
Mancala Board
2015-22-29
From: Sierra Leone
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 2015-22-29 |
| 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 Plus 2 Endcups Game board made of wood. Boat- shaped board supported by square pedestal; one pointed end (prow) and one rounded end (stern). Twelve playing pockets bisected by ridge; incised decoration surrounds pockets. |
| Height | 14.9 cm |
| Length | 62.5 cm |
| Width | 13.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift from the Doug and Risa Polumbaum Collection, 2015 |
| Other Number | 30 - Collector Number |
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