Untitled

Art

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DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

Untitled

Entry/Object ID

2001.94

Description

Weber #98

Artwork Details

Medium

Wood

Context

This id a mandala game board from the Dan culture of the Ivory Coast. Mancala is a strategic game of movement of pebbles. Mancala derives from the Arabic word "nagala" which means to "to move and this game dates back to Ethiopia from 500-700 AD. This culture has many variations of the mandala game board in many sizes and some even made inside the ground.

Acquisition

Notes

Collection of DePaul University, gift of the May Weber Foundation

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown artist

Notes

Creation Date: no date

Ethnography

Notes

Ivory Coast, Africa Africa, Ivory Coast Africa Ivory Coast

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

Dan (Mande style), peripheral Mande styles, Mande, West African (general), African (general, continental cultures), board games (activities), games, physical activities

Hierarchy Name

Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name)

Facet

Styles and Periods Facet, Activities Facet

Dimensions

Dimension Description

overall

Width

24-1/2 in

Depth

6 in

Length

4 in