Game counters
Category
Toys
Date
1980 - 2006
Materials
Plastic Berries
Measurements
11 mm (Diam)
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575 Wandsworth Road, London
NT 1512982
Summary
A plastic bag with sealable zip top containing 64 dried black berries, probably used as counters in a mankala game. Each berry is spherical in form with a small linear mark at one point, indicating where it was attached to the bush.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Khadambi Asalache upon his death in 2006; acquired fully in November 2010.