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View full screenChessman or chess piece, warder or rook, wearing an aketon with sword, shield and helmet, standing, of sperm whale tooth, found in an underground chamber in the parish of Uig, Lewis in 1831: Scandinavian, late 12th century
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Scandinavia, EUROPE
Late 12th century
Uig, Lewis, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, Northern Europe
Lewis Chessmen: Unmasked (21 May 2010 - 12 Sep 2011)
National Museum of Scotland
Aberdeen Art Gallery
Shetland Museum and Archives
Museum nan Eilean
Angels, Nobles and Unicorns: Art and Patronage in Medieval Scotland (12 Aug 1982 - 26 Sep 1982)
Royal Museum of Scotland
26 Treasures in the National Museum of Scotland (01 Dec 2011 - 29 Jan 2012)
World Wide Web
Glenn, Virginia, Romanesque & Gothic: Decorative Metalwork and Ivory Carvings in the Museum of Scotland, NMSE Publishing, Edinburgh, 2003
Caldwell, D.H. (ed). Angels Nobles and Unicorns: Art and Patronage in Medieval Scotland. Edinburgh: NMS, 1982
Caldwell, D.H., Hall, M.A. and Wilkinson, C.M., 2009, ‘The Lewis Hoard of Gaming Pieces; a re-examination of their context, meanings, discovery and manufacture’, Medieval Archaeology 53 (2009), 155-203