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Gameboard

Maker Unknown, Dogon
MediumWood
Dimensions67.5 H x 14.5 W x 6.5 D cm
Credit LineGift of the Herman Copen Trust
Object numberAF2002.1426.COP
DescriptionGameboard with male and female human heads and upper torsos at one end, two animal heads at the other. This type of seed capture game is played widely in Africa and is conventionally known among anthropologists by the term mancala.
ClassificationsToys
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