- 100 units of Mango Shape Maze Puzzle Shipped in 30 Days
- Shape: Indian mango
- Size: 7 X 4 X 1 inches
- Three steel balls in the maze
- Handcrafted by artisans of India
Elegant ball in a maze puzzle in natural wood sheeshum in the shape of an mango! Famous wood artisans of Uttar Pradesh in north India have handcrafted this puzzle making it as much an objet de art as a game. Ball-in-a-maze puzzlesÊare dexterityÊpuzzlesÊwhich involve manipulating either aÊmazeÊ(orÊlabyrinth) or one or several balls so that the ball or balls are manoeuvered towards a goal. Toys like this have been popular since Pigs in Clover was invented byÊCharles Martin CrandallÊin the 1880s, with the patent being applied for in 1889. In some versions a wooden labyrinth is tilted using two knobs and the ball has to be navigated past a series of holes and obstacles. Ball in a maze puzzle makes a great gift item for kids in the age group 5 to 12.