Game board for the "mankala" game · Ethiopia · ID: 3034255
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Size
L: 62 cm
L: 24.4 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, twenty rectangular deepenings in two parallel rows, small deepings on both sides for storing the pits, leather strap for support, min. dam., slight traces of usage, fine cracks;
such game boards are spread all over Africa and they are still played nowadays, mostly with pits.
The object Game board for the “mankala” game with the object ID 3034255 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 484.
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