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Object Number
02-20-60/62097
Display Title
Bag of chessmen
Descriptions
Object Description
Bag of chessmen
Inventory Description
Game pieces, chessmen, various wood shapes, painted blue and red
Classification
- Game
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
India
/
<State>
/
Maldive Islands
Materials
Wood, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 10.4 x 3.4 x 3.5 cm (4 1/8 x 1 5/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity
31
Label on object
62097
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