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Ma Kpon (Gameboard)

Maker Unknown, Dan

MediumWood

Dimensions4 7/8” x 26” x 6 1/4”

Credit LineGift of the Herman Copen Trust

Object numberAF2002.1424.COP

DescriptionGameboard (ma kpon) with six cups on each side and a cup extending from each end. Architectural body in which four of the cups on each side extend to form legs. This type of seed capture game is played widely in Africa and is conventionally known among anthropologists by the term mancala.

ClassificationsToys

Collections

Exhibitions

Entangled Intimacies

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