Chessmen (32)

Medium

Walrus ivory

Dimensions

Height (king): 4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm); Height (queen): 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm); Height (bishop): 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm); Height (knight): 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); Height (rook): 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); Height (pawn): 2 in. (5.1 cm)

Classification

Chess Sets

Culture

Eskimo, Franz Joseph Land

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Gustavus A. Pfeiffer, 1948

Accession Number

48.174.36a–p, aa–pp

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