Warri board

Museum number:

5-11692

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21050011692

Alternate number:

B-396 (previous number (Bascom’s number))

Accession number:

Acc.2819 and Acc.2916

Description:

Carved wood game board.

Donor:

Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom

Collection place:

Ghana

Verbatim coll. place:

Africa, Ghana; Ashanti.

Culture or time period:

Ashanti

Collector:

Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom

Collection date:

1944

Materials:

Wood (plant material)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Carvings (visual works)

Function:

5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories

Accession date:

1971 and December 15, 1972

Context of use:

For playing Mankala

Department:

Africa (except Ancient Egypt)

Dimensions:

length 17 centimeters, width 16.5 centimeters, and height 65 centimeters

Comment:

PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez, 117A. Exhibited: Illinois State Museum, 1955-56; Oakland Public Museum, 1965; Anna Head School, Oakland 1967.

Loans:

S1965-1966 #15: Oakland Public Museum (September 16, 1965–November 10, 1965) and S1977-1978 #33: Presidio Army Museum (February 9, 1978–February 23, 1978)

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