Game board for the "mankala" or "serata" game · Nigéria, Mumuye · ID: 3040199
Vendu
2 800 €
Provenance
Gallery Flak, Paris, FranceDescription
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.
Publications
Neyt, Francois, Mumuye, Paris 2006, p. 104, ill. 8; Galerie Flak (ed.), Nigeria - Les Maitres du Mouvement, Paris 2012, p. 36Exposition
Galerie Flak (ed.), Nigeria - Les Maitres du Mouvement, Paris, Parcours des Mondes, September 2012