chess-piece
- Museum number
- 1927,0404.3
- Description
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Whalebone chess-man, knight, of oval section with pointed top (broken).
- Production date
- 10thC-11thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 10.50 centimetres
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Width: 9.20 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Published:
Dalton, O. M., 1928. Early Chessmen of Whale's Bone Excavated in Dorset. Archaeologia 77, pp. 77-86
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
-
Exhibited:
2012 27 Nov - 2013 18 Mar, France, Paris, Musee de Cluny, Jeux de la Babylone Antique
- Acquisition date
- 1927
- Acquisition notes
- Deposited on loan 1926, donated in 1927.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1927,0404.3
