A SOUTHERN AFRICAN CARVED IVORY TRIBAL CHESS SET
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A SOUTHERN AFRICAN CARVED IVORY TRIBAL CHESS SET

CIRCA 1950

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A SOUTHERN AFRICAN CARVED IVORY TRIBAL CHESS SET
CIRCA 1950
One side stained, king and queen seated, knights as rearing elephants, rooks as huts raised on crooked branches, pawns as warriors
The king -- 3¾in. (9.5cm.) high; the pawn -- 1 7/8in. (4.7cm.) high
Together with an Ashanti gilt lacquered metal tribal chess set, 20th century, the king and queen as chieftans, bishops as winged and masked witch doctors, knights as goats, rooks as huts, pawns as warriors (2)
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