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| Maker(s): | Unknown | | Culture: | African; Liberian; Dan people
| | Title: | Game Board [Ma Kapon]
| | Date Made: | early 20th century
| | Type: | Sculpture
| | Materials: | carved wood with metal
| | Place Made: | Africa; Liberia
| | Measurements: | overall: 5 1/2 in x 7 in x 36 1/4 in; 14 cm x 17.8 cm x 92.1 cm
| | Accession Number: | SC 2013.19.1
| | Credit Line: | Gift of Irene Stiefel Starr, class of 1961, and Norton Starr
| | Museum Collection: | Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
game board with head with higg spiral hairdo and inset metal teeth at one end, 12 cups in rows of tow and one cup a the end
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