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Gameboard

Maker Unknown, Asante (Ashanti) (African, Ghana)

MediumWood

Dimensions4 1/8” x 21 1/8” x 6 5/8”

Credit LineGift of the Herman Copen Trust

Object numberAF2002.1421.COP

DescriptionSimple gameboard, in a stool-like form with a rectangular platform. Hole at top and hollow interior for the storage of game pieces (not present). Raised element between the six cups on each side. This type of seed capture game is played widely in Africa and is conventionally known among anthropologists by the term mancala.

ClassificationsToys

Collections

Longyear Museum of Anthropology Collections

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