Game Board
16385
From: Johore | Malay Peninsula
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 16385 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Johore | Malay Peninsula |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Shell | Stone |
| Description | "Tiger board" (wood) for Fox and Geese Game, Pafan Hariman (Dam Hariman). 24 game pieces made from black stone and two from shell. Unpainted board, 12 x 20 inches, inscribed with diagram. The lines are incised in the wood and the board raised by two strips of wood nailed transversely across the bottom. |
| Height | 6 cm |
| Length | 51 cm |
| Width | 29 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from the Sultan of Johore (through his agent Rounsevelle Wildman), 1893 |
| Other Number | 4 - Other Number |
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