mancala-board
- Museum number
- Af1958,13.12
- Description
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Warri-board; carved of wood; rectangular board carved with twelve round cavities, with triangle carved at each short end of rectangle that slopes slightly upward; two pieces of wood on underside of board for stand, joined together with dowel with round knob on each end; quadruped (pig?) carved between legs of stand; side of board carved with diamond pattern.
- Production date
- 1920s (or earlier)
- Dimensions
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Height: 23 centimetres
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Width: 54.50 centimetres
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Depth: 21 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- See also Af1958,13.13 for the bag of seeds used as counters for the game.
- Location
- On display (G25/dc12)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1997, London, Museum of Mankind (Room 2), 'Count and Capture'
- Acquisition date
- 1958
- Acquisition notes
- Af1958,13.1 to 13 were given by Mrs Mary Addison, 'in memory of and at the wish of her husband, Lieut. William Addison, Senior District Commissioner, Sierra Leone, who formed the collection'. Nos.1 to 9 are nomoli figures, nos.10 to 13 are other items from Sierra Leone.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1958,13.12
