Game Board for Kboo
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Nov 1989
label: Collection Date
content: 1891 to 1911
name: label: Collector
content: Guy N. Collins
label: Donor Name
content: Perez H. Collins
notes: label: Notes
content: Boat shaped game board for Liberian game of kboo (known elsewhere as mancala). Has 12 circular depressions in two parallel rows of six each, and two triangular depressions at each end of the board. Circular stand holds board steady and is carved from same piece of wood. Wood is heavy, black, highly polished, with geometric carved designs. An additional light brown piece of wood is wedged into a hole in center of board. Collector's comments: "game of kboo involves pure, concentrated skill, entirely free from chance." (ref. "Kboo, A Liberian Game" by Guy N. Collins, 1910, National Geographic vol 21, p. 944-948.)
label: Notes
content: From African Voices exhibit: "Children follow the moves of their opponents as they rapidly transfer smooth stones from cup to cup."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 Oct 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Liberia, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Gola
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 374065
label: USNM Number
content: E425082-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Game Board
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 61 cm
label: Width
content: 14.4 cm
label: Height
content: 9.4 cm