A mancala game board wood and bone (cat skull) Angolan - Quibala wear, many faults and defects, major patina wear purchased from the Great Soba Sebastião Dumbo of banza Catúmbi, Quibala, Angola, in 1968 Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 66 x 30,5 cm Notes: Provenance: Collection of Engineer Elísio Romariz dos Santos Silva "Purchased from the Great Soba Sebastião Dumbo of banza Catúmbi, Quibala, Angola, in 1968 [...]. The seeds used in the game, called «lasseta", come from a thorny bush used for fencing, were kept inside a carnivore skull (hyena or jaguar), resting on top of the board", cf. SILVA, Elísio Romariz dos Santos - "Jogos de Quadrícula do tipo Mancala com especial incidência nos praticados em Angola". Lisboa: IICT, 1995, p. 34, nº 14.

This lot is subject to CITES export/import restrictions and is duly certified: nr 23PTLX07989C.
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