Dakon Batik Wood and Stone Dakon Board Game from Java Francisco Sanchez She hand-braids red

She hand-braids red

linking the gems in a dazzling bracelet

Peru's Rogelio Quispe designs the hat

Two dancing hummingbirds are realized with an intricate level of detail

Dakon Batik Wood and Stone Dakon Board Game from Java Francisco Sanchez She hand-braids redIn the traditional style of dakon, this board game is handcrafted of wood and decorated with traditional batik designs. Javanese artisan Diana Dewi invites you to play this classic Indonesian game. Each sawah (hole) is filled with five to seven stones and the game is played in turns. Similarly to mancala, each player collects the biji sawo (stones) from one hole and deposits them one by one into the following holes. The player scores a capture if the