Chess pieces

Museum number:
9-92
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.436
Description:
Chessman; wood; inscribed with carved and blackened symbols. As of July 1980 28 pieces. Each piece 2.3 cm x 3 cm. 31 Chinese chessman were loaned with this accession. As of 5/31/12 40 pieces were counted during inventory plus game board made for exhibit.
Donor:
J. C. Thompson
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bishops (chess pieces), Carvings (visual works), Kings (chess pieces), Knights (chess pieces), Pawns (chess pieces), Queens (chess pieces), and Rooks (chess pieces)
Function:
5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Accession date:
1912
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Chess pieces, accession number 9-92, described as Chessman; wood; inscribed with carved and blackened symbols. As of July 1980 28 pieces. Each piece 2.3 cm x 3 cm. 31 Chinese chessman were loaned with this accession. As of 5/31/12 40 pieces were counted during inventory plus game board made for exhibit.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Chess pieces, accession number 9-92, described as Chessman; wood; inscribed with carved and blackened symbols. As of July 1980 28 pieces. Each piece 2.3 cm x 3 cm. 31 Chinese chessman were loaned with this accession. As of 5/31/12 40 pieces were counted during inventory plus game board made for exhibit.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Chess pieces, accession number 9-92, described as Chessman; wood; inscribed with carved and blackened symbols. As of July 1980 28 pieces. Each piece 2.3 cm x 3 cm. 31 Chinese chessman were loaned with this accession. As of 5/31/12 40 pieces were counted during inventory plus game board made for exhibit.

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