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 typically boat shaped, and comes with 63 seed counters.

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Further Information

• Type: Games, toys, models
• Object: Warri Board Game
• Materials: Wood, Vegetable, organic fibre
• Culture Group: Mende
• Dimensions: 655mm [L] x 135mm [W] x 950mm [H]
• Production Date: Pre 1996
• Associated Places: Unknown
• Associated People: Henry Brownrigg; British Museum Society Board Game Fund
• Museum: British Museum
• Accession Number: BM:Af.1996.17.1.a.bl

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