Chessmen

16489D

From: Maldives

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 16489D
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Maldives
Date Made 19th Century - 1893
Section Asian
Materials Wood
Technique Painted
Description

Bag of chessmen. Painted yellow. Goes with chessboard 16489A to which are attached a set of 32 chessmen (some, it appears to be approximately 19, are now broken from board and have been assigned batch number based on color of pegs, see 16489B, C and D However, there are more than 19 pegs in the bags).

Credit Line Purchased from the Sultan of Johore (through his agent Rounsevelle Wildman), 1893

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