Chessmen (32) and box-board
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The king and queen are an Eskimo man and woman, the latter wearing a tailed parka (essentially a woman's garment) and no head covering. Her short round haircut is typically Eskimo. The bishops are probably white men in long parkas, possibly meant to be surplices. There are dog heads for knights, igloos for rooks, and harpoon steels for pawns. The pieces have pegs rather than bases, and fit into holes on the board. The mahogany box hinges open at the top and front to give access to the board of walrus ivory and mahogany squares, fixed to the bottom. This set was probably made in Hebron, Ramah, or Kidlinik and sold through the Moravian Brethren Mission at Nain, Labrador where it was probably acquired by the International Grenfell Association.
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