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Game BoardB558

A wood game board that has a dark finish. Decorated with a flower at the centre and geometric diamond-shaped patterns all around. There are seven circular dish-like dips along each side with two square ones in between at each end. Has four short stubby legs.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
wood
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Game BoardK2.225

Long wood piece with parallel sides and both ends tapered to a point. There are six pairs of circular pots in the middle, totalling twelve, with a triangular dish at each tapered end. There are two rectangular legs, one at each end, and both of which are carved with a closed wall at the end and opening up toward the middle with three pairs of columns where there is a cylindrical leg in the middle which flares downward. The columns are carved with various geometric designs. The cylindrical leg tapers upward into a smaller square hole at the centre top of the wood piece which is surrounded by a carved grooved diamond shape around which the top has a design of many longitudinal grooved lines. Stained black.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
wood
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cribbage Game BoardA2.221

Main body is that of a walrus with another creature that has the walrus's tail in its mouth. Two birds, decorated with black and red, sit on top of the walrus's tail. Four sea animals carved in relief, two of which are decorated with black. On either sides of these four sea animals is a row of six sets of ten holes for the game.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and ink ?
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cribbage Game Board1449/2 a-b

A game board (part a) with a peg (part b) to help it stand level. The back of the board is carved with a picture of a black seal on an ice float chased by a polar bear. The front of the board is carved with two dark walruses and one black seal on an ice float.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk ? and ink
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gambling Game BoardA17073 a-b

Wooden plaque and counter stick stained reddish brown. The plaque (part a) has a straight edge and curved sides which give it a half-circle shape. On the surface is carved a zoomorphic face (bear) with widely spaced eyes and a wide mouth with teeth. Several vertical lines extend from the top of the piece to the top of the mouth. The carving is two dimensional. The stick (part b) tapers to a point, and has two engraved lines at the wider end. The plaque has two drilled holes with braided twine running through.

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Material
stain and yellow cedar wood
Made in
Musqueam, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cribbage Game BoardA2.220

Sea mammal in relief with geometric rope pattern borders. Has the date "1910" carved into the end, from which, there is a seal's head peeking outward and the holes for the game are at this end as well. Going toward the natural point at the other end, there is carved a walrus facing the holes for the game, a seal facing the holes for the game, and a whale facing the natural point.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and ink ?
Made in
Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Game BoardB643

Cross-shaped textile with geometric patterns in purple and a yellow diamond at center. Horizontal rows of stylized floral designs with vertical lines between on each panel, fringe at each end. Yellow line runs through one row on each panel. Same initials in purple on opposite ends: B.B. Ray; at other ends: 1914. Game is called Chopadh and is played by four.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
silk fibre and dye
Made in
Gujarat, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Game BoardK2.226

Figures carved under each one of the seed pots, with six pairs totaling twelve. There is an upturned head carved at each end. Painted black, brown, and blue in vegetable dyes.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
paint and wood
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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