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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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