Chess Board
16490
From: Johore | Malay Peninsula
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Native Name | Chator |
| Object Number | 16490 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Johore | Malay Peninsula |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Chess board. The game pieces for this board are 16489C. Dark brown wood table, with four short legs at corners. The top is engraved with lines dividing the board into 8 by 8 squares. On opposite sides of the table there are two rows in which each square has a metal spike or a nail hole and remnants of glue: it appears that the playing pieces were once attached to the board. The table top is in two pieces. There is a decoratively carved cross piece for re-inforcement attached diagonally across the bottom. |
| Height | 11 cm |
| Length | 56 cm |
| Width | 55 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from the Sultan of Johore (through his agent Rounsevelle Wildman), 1893 |
| Other Number | 92-1-71 - Found in Collection Number |
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