Benin Mancala Game
DLP Game
Period
Modern
Region
Western Africa
Category
Reconstruction, Pending, Board, Sow
Description
This game is attested on a bronze game board from Benin.
Rules
Ten holes arranged around two stores in the center.
Origin
Benin
Ludeme Description
Benin Mancala Game.lud
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Reference
Murray 1951: 176, 177; Luschan 1919:427.
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Sources
Luschan, F. 1919. Die Altertümer von Benin. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter and Co.
Murray, H.J.R. 1951. A History of Board-Games Other Than Chess. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Pitt-Rivers, A. 1900. Antique Works of Art from Benin. London: Harrison and Sons.
Identifiers
DLP.Games.1116
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