Game Board ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3030380

Description

wood, shiny reddish brown patina, black paint, the board has two lines of six round cups in an ashlar-formed block on four feet, receptacles in form of pipe heads on both sides, geometric carving, slightly dam., minor missing parts, small traces of insect caused damage, rep. (one of the “pipe heads”), traces of use, water spots;
the Dan call the witty game “ma” and it is played only by men.

The object Game Board with the object ID 3030380 was last part of the auction 69th tribal art auction at June 2, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 296 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,800.

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Comparing literature

Fischer, Eberhard, Himmelheber, Hans, Die Kunst der Dan, Zürich 1976, p. 169 (rules of the game)