Chuba / Mancala

16579

From: United States of America | Massachusetts | Springfield

Curatorial Section: Historic

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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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