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BOARD GAME called Awalé
Ivory Coast
First half of the 20th century
Wood and pigments
H.: 15.5; L.: 55; Th.: 25 cm
Wooden board hollowed out with two rows of six round cavities, centered with an anthropo-zoomorphic decoration: two faces seen from the front and pigmented in blue are sculpted on either side of a lizard.
A strategy game belonging to sowing games, awalé is played by two people using Caesalpinia crista seeds, the goal being to fill each of the twelve cups with four seeds.
Our game has forty-one seeds, it should have forty-eight.
Text and photos © FCP CORIDON
Ref.: 4906
Ref: AS9JP7FF3D
Condition | Very good |
Style | Tribal Art (African Usuels and Rituals items of Tribal Art Style) |
Period | 20th century (African Usuels and Rituals items 20th century) |
Country of origin | Ivory Coast |
Shipping Time | Ready to ship in 2-3 Business Days |
Location | 93400, Saint-Ouen, France |
FCP CORIDON
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