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African Ebony Wood Makonde Chess Set, Tanzania, 20th

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African Ebony Wood Makonde Chess Set, Tanzania, 20th
African Ebony Wood Makonde Chess Set, Tanzania, 20th
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African Ebony Wood Makonde Chess Set, Tanzania, 20th Century, kings and queens with earrings wear high layered head dresses, bishops with flat hats, giraffes as knights, rooks as traditional round huts on stands, and pawns with shorter layered head dresses.

King is 9.1 cm, Brown Pawn 5.1 and Black Pawn 4.1 cm high

Exhibited: Staatliches Museum Fur Völkerkunde, Munich, 1988

Literature: Schachspiele Wandel Im Laufe Der Kunst Und Kulturgeschichte (Chess: Art History and Culture), Staatliches Museum Fur Völkerkunde München, 1988, plate 134, text pg 109
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African Ebony Wood Makonde Chess Set, Tanzania, 20th

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