chess-piece
- Museum number
- 1831,1101.125
- Title
- Series: The Lewis Chessmen
- Description
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Chess-piece; walrus ivory; warder; wearing long garment, scabbard and hood; armed with sword and shield: interlaced saltire.
- Production date
- 1150-1200 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 8.20 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- This Lewis Chessman featured on an Isle of Mann stamp issued in January 2013.
- Location
- Not on display
- 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
2012 - 2013 27 Oct-2 Mar, Douglas, Isle of Man, Manx Museum, The Forgotten Kingdom
1995 Oct 12-1996 Jan 14, Edinburgh, National Museums of Scotland, 'Lewis Chessmen'
- Acquisition date
- 1831
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1831,1101.125