Warri Board Game
Warri is a board game, variants of which are played all over Africa. The Sierra Leone version consists of a carved wooden board in which two rows of six cups are set alongside one another, with two larger receptacles at either end. It is played by distributing counters anti-clockwise. This example is elaborately carved into the shape of a wheelbarrow, with four, large, spoked wheels. Is it complete with cowrie shell counters.
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- Type: Games, toys, models
 - Object: Warri Board Game
 - Materials: Wood, Shell
 - Culture Group: Other
 - Dimensions: 630mm [L] x 2250mm [W] x 250mm [H]
 - Production Date: Pre 1953
 - Associated Places: Unknown
 - Associated People: G. Smyly; P. Crampton Smyly
 - Museum: British Museum
 - Accession Number: BM:Af.1953.25.10
 
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