| Native Name |
Chonka | Ohvalhu |
| Object Number |
16379 |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Culture |
Sinhalese |
| Provenience |
Maldives |
| Date Made |
19th Century - 1893 |
| Section |
Asian |
| Materials |
Wood |
| Iconography |
Mancala |
| Description |
Board for Chonka. Maldivian mancala board known as Ohvalhu. Two rows of eight holes (most common set up for Maldivian Mancala boards). |
| Credit Line |
Purchased from the Ceylon Commissioner, World's Columbian Exposition, 1893 |
| Other Number |
10 - Other Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions
This object has never been on display.
Bibliography
| De Voogt, Alex J. "Mancala: Games That Count." Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 43, no. 1. (2001): 38-46. See: Fig. E |
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| Culin, Robert S. "Mancala, the National Game of Africa." Report of the United States National Museum . (1894): 597-607. See: pp. 597-607 |
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| Ceylon Commission, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893. Official Handbook & Catalogue of the Ceylon Courts: With Map and Illustrations. Colombo: H.C. Cottle, Acting Government Printer, Ceylon, 1893. See: pg. 149, 10 |
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