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1938.36.1882.1

Egg shaped wooden box [.1] with lid [.2], containing very tiny chess pieces [.3 - .33] [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 14/3/2005]

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1938.36.1882.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Egg shaped wooden box [.1] with lid [.2], containing very tiny chess pieces [.3 - .33] [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 14/3/2005]
Geographical reference
Mexico
Latin America and the Caribbean > Central America > Mexico
Valley of Mexico
Person
Field collector Beatrice Mary Blackwood
PRM source Beatrice Mary Blackwood
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1939
Date collected
1939
Acquisition information
Donated: 1939
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Bone, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Painted
Dimensions
Diameter: max 38 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.36.1882.1 Accession number: 1938.36.1882.2 Accession number: 1938.36.1882.3 Accession number: 1938.36.1882.4 Accession number: 1938.36.1882.5 Accession number: 1938.36.1882.6 Accession number: 1938.36.1882.7 Accession number: 1938.36.1882.8 Accession number: 1938.36.1882.9 Accession number: 1938.36.1882.10 Accession number: 1938.36.1882.11 Accession number: 1938.36.1882.12 Accession number: 1938.36.1882.13 Accession number: 1938.36.1882.14 Accession number: 1938.36.1882.15 Accession number: 1938.36.1882.16 Accession number: 1938.36.1882.17 Accession number: 1938.36.1882.18 Accession number: 1938.36.1882.19 Accession number: 1938.36.1882.20 Accession number: 1938.36.1882.21 Accession number: 1938.36.1882.22 Accession number: 1938.36.1882.23 Accession number: 1938.36.1882.24 Accession number: 1938.36.1882.25 Accession number: 1938.36.1882.26 Accession number: 1938.36.1882.27 Accession number: 1938.36.1882.28 Accession number: 1938.36.1882.29 Accession number: 1938.36.1882.30 Accession number: 1938.36.1882.31 Accession number: 1938.36.1882.32 Accession number: 1938.36.1882.33 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 1825

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