chess-piece
- Museum number
- 1831,1101.112
- Title
- Series: The Lewis Chessmen
- Description
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Chess-piece; walrus ivory; knight; mounted; wearing conical helmet with neck and ear-pieces; ornamented head-band; long girded tunic and sword-belt; armed with spear and kite-shaped shield: cross; two quarters cross-hatched.
- Production date
- 1150-1175 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 97.75 millimetres
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Width: 29.41 millimetres
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Depth: 57.65 millimetres
- Location
- On display (G40/dc5)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
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
2000 4 Apr-14 Oct, Stornoway, Museum nan Eilean, Norse & Viking Isles: Gall Ghadheil
1995-1996 12 Oct-14 Jan, Edinburgh, National Museums of Scotland, Lewis Chessmen
1977-1978 May-May, Norway, Bergen, Games and Gaming (?)
- Acquisition date
- 1831
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1831,1101.112
