The photograph on the left is of a wooden Crokinole board commissioned by a donor, made in Elmira, Ontario, Canada by Manasseh M. Martin in 1982 and given to the Museum at that time. Mr. Martin was a noted Old Order Mennonite woodworker commissioned by the donor to make the board for the Museum.
The board is 77.5cm in diameter by about 4.2cm thick. It is made of birth plywood. It has a raised wooden rim surrounding a plywood gutter. Three round black concentric circlular lines surround a "bullseye" in the center. The innermost black circular line has 8 raised square hole screws with black plastic casing - each screw is evenly spaced from the other along this line.
Along with the board, Mr. Martin provided 12 red painted and 12 black painted wooden discs that are 3.1cm in diameter by 1cm thick. He also provided 4 unpainted tapered wooden sticks 45cm.5cm long x 1.5cm in diameter with the board and discs.
Since Crokinole is a game that is strongly dependent upon physical manipulative skill, it is a game that has long been popular in Mennonite comunities throughout Canada and elsewhere.
For instructions on playing this game, click on the left menu item above.
Last update March 26, 2010