Gaming board

Description

Gaming board of hard wood carved in boat-shaped form with a central square foot and twelve cup-shaped depressions on upper side, used to play mancala, a game of strategy, with beans, stones or shells: Africa, West Africa, Sierra Leone, pre 1884

Museum reference

A.1884.83.112

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Gaming board, Toy

Production information

Unknown
Sierra Leone, Western Africa

Date

Pre 1884

Materials

Wood

Physical description

Carved hard wood

Exhibitions

• Patterns of Life (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

• International Forestry Exhibition, Edinburgh (01 Jul 1884 - 30 Sep 1884)
  Donaldson's Hospital

On display

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