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Object Number
998-23-50/12970
Display Title
Mancala board
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Mancala
Object Description
Mancala board, carved with an oval compartment tray, with pipe-shaped handle-like repositories for counters ar either end, and standing on a rectangular base; minor breaks on tension rings
Inventory Description
Carved wooden game board, 12 cups and 2 cup handles, incised, broken.
Classification
- Game
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Liberia
Materials
Wood, Pigment, Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 16 x 79 x 13.4 cm (6 5/16 x 31 1/8 x 5 1/4 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
998-23-50/12970
Credit Line
Gift of Kenneth Elwood Douglas
Provenance
Collector
Dr. George W. Harley
(1948-1949)
Donor
Kenneth Elwood Douglas
(1948-1949 - 12/17/98)
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