Chuba / Mancala
16579
From: United States of America | Massachusetts | Springfield
Curatorial Section: Historic
| Object Title | Chuba / Mancala |
| Native Name | Chuba | Mancala |
| Object Number | 16579 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Americana |
| Provenience | United States of America | Massachusetts | Springfield |
| Manufacture Location | Massachusetts |
| Creator | Milton Bradley Company | Erwin H. Richards |
| Date Made | 1890-1891 CE |
| Section | Historic |
| Materials | Cardboard | Wood | Paper | Corncob |
| Description | Board Game: Chuba. The African game called in Arabic, Mancala. Cardboard box bottom with integrated wood board - 4 rows of 11 cups and two rectangular end holders for pieces. Board stained black; cups stained red. Cardboard box lid with printed label - damaged / fragile : "Chuba / Milton Bradley Co. / Springfield Mass. Registered". Single paper sheet - 4 pages with history and instructions (photocopy on file / see notes) - damaged / fragile. Page 1: "Chuba / A * Game * of * Skill / (Box Lid Label Image) / Patented March 17, 1891 / Copyright, 1890 / Milton Bradley Co. / Springfield, Mass. 59 (of 60) corn markers. NOTE: Letters of Patent No 448,574 dated March 17, 1891 held by Rev. Dr. Erwin H. Richards (Methodist Missionary); Application filed November 20, 1890 - Serial No. 371,996. (No model.) |
| Height | 1 cm |
| Length | 51 cm |
| Width | 21 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Milton Bradley Company, 1894 |
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