Wari (gameboard)
Maker
Unknown, Baule
MediumIron, shell, wood
Dimensions5 1/4” x 25 1/8” x 6 3/4”
Credit LineGift of the Herman Copen Trust
Object numberAF2002.0001.COP
DescriptionTurtle-shaped game board with head at one end and handle at the other. There are six cups on each side and no end cups. This type of seed capture game is played widely in Africa and is conventionally known among anthropologists by the term mancala.
ClassificationsToys
Collections
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