INDONESIA, 19TH CENTURY

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A wooden Congklak game board
Indonesia, 19th Century
The wooden board with nine holes on either side and a large storehouse hole at either end, carved to resemble a dragon boat with the head at one end and the curved tail at the other
64 in. (162.5 cm.) long

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Lot Essay

The object of congklak is to move one's playing pieces from the central holes into the store house hole at one end. Playing pieces vary and include stones, cowrie shells, corn kernels, and tamarind seeds. Various permutations of the game are popular throughout the world.

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