chess-piece
- Museum number
- 1831,1101.111
- Title
- Series: The Lewis Chessmen
- Description
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Chess-piece; walrus ivory; knight; mounted; wearing conical helmet with neck and ear-pieces; long girded tunic; armed with spear and kite-shaped shield: cross with circles; sword suspended from baldric over shoulder.
- Production date
- 1150-1175 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 90.30 millimetres
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Width: 30.25 millimetres
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Depth: 54 millimetres
- Location
- On display (G40/dc5)
- Exhibition history
-
Exhibited:
2014-2015 Jul-Jan, Berlin, Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Vikings
2014 6 Mar-22 Jun, London, British Museum, Viking: Life and Legend
2013 21 Jun-30 Nov, Denmark, Copenhagen, National Museum of Denmark, Viking
2011 15 Apr-12 Sep, Stornoway, Museum nan Eilean
2011 29 Jan-27 Mar, Shetland Museum & Archives
2010 7 Oct-8 Jan, Aberdeen Art Gallery
2010 21 May-19 Sep, Edinburgh, National Museum of Scotland
2005-2006 25 Jul-13 Jan, Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Buried Treasure: Finding Our Past
2005 12 Feb-26 Jun, Newcastle, Hancock Museum, Buried Treasure: Finding Our Past
2004-2005 1 Oct-15 Jan, Manchester Museum, Buried Treasure: Finding Our Past
2004 30 Apr-21 Sep, Cardiff, National Museums & Galleries of Wales, Buried Treasure: Finding Our Past
2003-2004 21 Nov-14 Mar, London, BM, Buried Treasure: Finding Our Past
- Condition
- Front of horse damaged.
- Acquisition date
- 1831
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1831,1101.111
