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.

Related Videos

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

Related Objects

Warri Board Game

Games, toys, models

Model Canoe

Games, toys, models

Board Game, Draughts

Games, toys, models

Warri Board Game

Games, toys, models

Warri Board Game

Games, toys, models