23 chess pieces
23 chess pieces

Currently not on view

23 chess pieces,

before 1886

Lingít
PU 5166

Information

Title
23 chess pieces
Dates

before 1886

Medium
Wood
Dimensions
largest: h. 7.9 cm., w. 3.6 cm., d. 3.5 cm. (3 1/16 x 1 3/8 x 1 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Lent by the Department of Geosciences, Princeton University
Object Number
PU 5166
Place Collected

North America, Laaxaayík Kwáan (Yakutat)

Marks/Labels/Seals
5166 written on bottom of all grey pieces; 5166a written on bottom of both red pieces and two of the grey pieces
Culture
Native American, Lingít
Type
chess
Materials
wood
Techniques
carving
Subject
figures (representations), chessmen

Collected by Prof. William Libbey during Mount St. Elias Expedition in 1886; Given to E. M. Museum (Princeton Museum of Natural History), 1886

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