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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.1928.76.24 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name mancala, game board, game tray, mancala game board Description Boat-shaped, wooden 'Mancala' game board or tray with two parallel rows of ten square holes on the front side, for playing the game, with 30 cowries included. according to the 1934 loan list, the mancala was from 'Mekwimmi' in Kukurukuland but it may have been either made or/and used there., The game board has a hand-written white paper label with red border attached to the pointed or 'bow' end but the writing is faded and illegible and another one on the underside that reads 'Mequimme / K'. The paper labels are ones that Partridge used. Production place Kukurukuland, Southern Nigeria, Africa Production date 1901 - 1917 Material wood, cowrie shell Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:R.1928.76.24
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

mancala, game board, game tray, mancala game board
Description

Boat-shaped, wooden 'Mancala' game board or tray with two parallel rows of ten square holes on the front side, for playing the game, with 30 cowries included. according to the 1934 loan list, the mancala was from 'Mekwimmi' in Kukurukuland but it may have been either made or/and used there., The game board has a hand-written white paper label with red border attached to the pointed or 'bow' end but the writing is faded and illegible and another one on the underside that reads 'Mequimme / K'. The paper labels are ones that Partridge used.
Production place

Kukurukuland, Southern Nigeria, Africa
Production date

1901 - 1917
Material

wood, cowrie shell

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