Game-Piece
Date1150-1200
Where depictedCologne
MediumIvory
DimensionsObject/Work: 19 x 68 mm
ClassificationsToys/games/models/sports
Terms
Object numberC09925
DescriptionBackgammon gaming-piece, decorated with a man wrestling a beast, possibly Samson and the Lion. Two holes drilled for suspension at a later date. The border decoration matches a set made in Cologne c. 1150. Made of walrus ivory.On View
Not on viewCollections
1700-1799
1700-1799
2000 BC-450 AD
1800-1900
1770-1870
1892
1846
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September 1849
1846