THE LEWIS CHESSMEN A ferocius berserker (rook), a stern king and a contemplative queen. Photo/Wikimedia, published under a Creative Commons license.
THE LEWIS CHESSMEN A ferocius berserker (rook), a stern king and a contemplative queen. Photo/Wikimedia, published under a Creative Commons license.
Wow, what a very cool looking set.
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Seems the Vikings or the Eskimos wiped them out of late. Or climate changed (don’t you hate that term?). They are nearby in Greenland and other places at that latitude and even lower latitudes. I would like some prehistoric walrus or mammoth ivory to fasten grips for my Vaqueros or my SAA or my WW2 1911. Nothing like ivory. Just ask George S Patton
Saw the Lewis Chessmen at The British Museum, finally.
Do I detect a mustache and beard on the “contemplative queen”? Could be just the angle...
“Biologists argue....”
I feel a far side comic coming on:)
Beautiful pieces. It’s hard to believe they were just buried in a beach all those years.
