Game board for the "mankala" or "serata" game ·  Nigeria, Mumuye · ID: 3040199

Description

wood, brown patina, the board divided into two rows, each with eight deepenings, crowned by a human head, dam., strong traces of weathering, small missing parts, cracks through age, base;
such game boards are well known in most parts of Africa and they are still used nowadays. Fruit kernels are used as tokens.

The object Game board for the “mankala” or “serata” game with the object ID 3040199 was part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction on February 27, 2016. The object with the lot number 403 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,800 with an asking price of EUR 2,500.

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Publications

Neyt, Francois, Mumuye, Paris 2006, p. 104, ill. 8; Galerie Flak (ed.), Nigeria - Les Maitres du Mouvement, Paris 2012, p. 36

Exhibition

Galerie Flak (ed.), Nigeria - Les Maitres du Mouvement, Paris, Parcours des Mondes, September 2012