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chess-piece(pawn)

Object Type: chess-piece (pawn)
Museum number: 1831,1101.136
Title: Series: The Lewis Chessmen
Description: Chess-piece; walrus ivory; pawn; pointed top; octagonal section.
Production date: 1150-1200 (circa)
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Uig
Materials: walrus ivory
Technique: carved
Dimensions: Height: 4.00 - 5.60 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Dalton 1909 / Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era with Examples of Mohammedan Art and Carvings in Bone in the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography of the British Museum (136)
Location: On display (G40/dc5)
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 2011 14 Nov-2012 22 Apr, USA, New York, The Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Game of Kings: Medieval Ivory Chessmen from the Isle of Lewis 2000 4 Apr-14 Oct, Stornoway, Museum nan Eilean, Norse & Viking Isles: Gall Ghadheil 1995 Oct 12-1996 Jan 14, Edinburgh, National Museums of Scotland, 'Lewis Chessmen'
Acquisition name: Purchased from: T A Forrest
Acquisition date: 1831
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1831,1101.136
Conservation: Condition Assessment: 26 Apr 2024