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Yoruba Carved Chess Set Yellow Satinwood Bark Museum Quality
Yoruba Carved Chess Set Yellow Satinwood Bark Museum Quality
Yoruba Carved Chess Set Yellow Satinwood Bark Museum Quality
Yoruba Carved Chess Set Yellow Satinwood Bark Museum Quality
Yoruba Carved Chess Set Yellow Satinwood Bark Museum Quality
Yoruba Carved Chess Set Yellow Satinwood Bark Museum Quality
Yoruba Carved Chess Set Yellow Satinwood Bark Museum Quality
Yoruba Carved Chess Set Yellow Satinwood Bark Museum Quality
Yoruba Carved Chess Set Yellow Satinwood Bark Museum Quality
Yoruba Carved Chess Set Yellow Satinwood Bark Museum Quality
Yoruba Carved Chess Set Yellow Satinwood Bark Museum Quality
Yoruba Carved Chess Set Yellow Satinwood Bark Museum Quality

Yoruba Carved Chess Set Yellow Satinwood Bark Museum Quality

$ 131.47

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Tribe: Yoruba
  • Material: Satin wood
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Color: Yellow

    Description

    Astonishing Antique African Hand Carved Chess Set
    Chess pieces made of thorn carving from the bark of the Yellow Satinwood tree:
    the biggest chessmate is 3 1/2", the smallest is 1 1/4".
    All present.
    Chessboard is made of one wooden piece: 11 1/4" each side
    Yoruba, Nigeria
    Please examine every picture:
    one rook was repaired; one knight has no head, another one has damaged hat; other minor defects and repair.
    Overall is in very good condition.
    Similar set was exhibited at Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology