mancala-board
- Museum number
- As1997,21.3
- Description
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Mancala (pallankuli) board; made of marble; rectangular piece of marble with semicircular protrusion on each short side; carved with six round cavities along each long side and one on each semicircular protrusion, two rectangular cavities at centre; etched with line painted black around outside; rectangular cavities each have line etched around outside, painted brown; "MRST" etched at centre, painted black; wooden support (carved along bottom) attached on underside of each short side.
- Production date
- 1990s
- Dimensions
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Height: 8 centimetres
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Weight: 814 kilograms
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Width: 46 centimetres
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Depth: 23 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- See De Voogt, Alexander J. Mancala Board Games. London: British Museum Press, 1997.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1997
- Acquisition notes
- Cost for entire collection.
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- As1997,21.3