East Sahara, Tibesti Mountains (Tubu) -- "Agra" Game
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.64; E01347
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (Göttingen, Germany)
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content: Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (6 minutes, black-and-white silent, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1963
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film: though similar to tick-tack-toe, Agra is a bit more complex. A chart of 5 blocks by 6 blocks is marked in the sand. Small stones and dried camel dung are used as game markers. Each of the two players alternately places twelve markers on the "board". The object of the game is to get three markers in a row; whoever succeeds may take one marker away from the other player. The loser is the player with less than three markers left.
Legacy Keywords: Chad ; East Sahara, Tibesti Mountains ; Africa; Tubu