Antique Mancala Board Game. Vintage Bao Board Game. Traditional Bao Ajua Game.Hawalis Game of Oman. Omwes with Sago palm seed Balls/marbles

Feel free to place your wholesale order, from 5 game boards The Mancala board game is carved out of single piece of wood. Variations of the game played on boards such as these are played all over West Africa and the surrounding islands. They are called by different names, including Bao, Owari and Mancala. Each board has a different number of depressions. The more depressions, the more complex the game is. The game is played by two people and involves moving game pieces (usually stones or seeds) across the board according to specific rules. Experienced players move the pieces very fast and with great mathematical agility. It is a vintage board game, please refer to pictures for condition. Size: When opened ; 21 inch Long by 8 inches wide Seeds: Comes with 50 seeds,(3 seeds per depression and two extra seeds) Bao is a traditional mancala board game played in most of East Africa including Kenya, Tanzania, Comoros, Malawi, as well as some areas of DR Congo and Burundi.[1][2] It is most popular among the Swahili people of Tanzania and Kenya; the name itself "Bao" is the Swahili word for "board" or "board game". In Tanzania, and especially Zanzibar, a "bao master" (called bingwa, "master"; but also fundi, "artist") is held in high respect. In Malawi, a close variant of the game is known as Bawo, which is the Yao equivalent of the Swahili name.