Game Board

16385

From: Johore | Malay Peninsula

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 16385
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Johore | Malay Peninsula
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Shell | Stone
Description

"Tiger board" (wood) for Fox and Geese Game, Pafan Hariman (Dam Hariman). 24 game pieces made from black stone and two from shell. Unpainted board, 12 x 20 inches, inscribed with diagram. The lines are incised in the wood and the board raised by two strips of wood nailed transversely across the bottom.

Height 6 cm
Length 51 cm
Width 29 cm
Credit Line Purchased from the Sultan of Johore (through his agent Rounsevelle Wildman), 1893
Other Number 4 - Other Number

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