This commercial wooden board game was donated to the Museum in
1972. The game was first made available to the public in the
1950s. This natural wooden board is 59.3cm long x 13cm wide x
2cm thick. The playing surface includes two rows of 6 (6.5cm
diameter) depressions, with a larger storage area at each end.
Beans or seeds of an unknown type were included for use as
counters in the game. Some of these were painted, others were
natural. To begin playing, the two players sit on opposite sides
of the board and deposit three playing pieces in each of the
twelve round pits Each player in turn picks up all the pieces in
any one of their own six pits and puts them one by one in each
pit around to the right. If there are enough playing pieces to
go beyond that player's KALAH, these pieces are distributed in
the opponent's pits (except in the opponent's KALAH). All pieces
placed in an opponent's pits now belong to the opponent. If the
player's last playing piece lands in that player's own KALAH,
that player gets anoth