Home / River Valleys and First Cities / South Asia

Encyclopedia ID 918

Thin Hama

Illustration pattern only. No free-licence photograph yet: can you suggest one?

Two players place and move pieces on a marked board to line up three in a row; rule detail unclear (morris-like).

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Maldives.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of River Valleys and First Cities (about 3000 to 1000 BCE), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of South Asia.

Sources

Related entries

More from Maldives

All 9 traditions from Maldives See them on the map