Chessmen (32)

American Eskimo

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The animals have a whimsical quality; their heads are not truly realistic. The rooks are exceptionally small castles, and the pawns are obviously copied from standard pawns of the nineteenth century.

Chessmen (32), Walrus ivory and horn, American Eskimo

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