Material objects, such as boards and game pieces, are used to study the history of games. Mancala boards often constitute the earliest evidence for mancala games in many cultures all over the world.

Row

Pit

“Store → German, Portuguese. The stores are special pits at both ends or in the center of some...

Store

“Seeds → Portuguese. The counters employed in mancala games are usually called seeds even if they...

Seeds

Nickernut

“Singleton → Portuguese. A singleton is in mancala games a pit containing a single seed or just...

Singleton

Weikersheim mancala boards

Icehouse pieces