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An Ecuador tagua nut wood chess set, early 20th century
dark stained and natural, detailed in polychrome, the royal pieces, bishops and pawns carved with human faces, kings and queens crowned, knights as horses' heads, rooks as turrets, on tapering plinths, some pieces with the original paper labels inscribed MADE IN ECUADOR, king -- 5¼in. (13.2cm) high, pawn -- 1 7/8in. (4.8cm) high
dark stained and natural, detailed in polychrome, the royal pieces, bishops and pawns carved with human faces, kings and queens crowned, knights as horses' heads, rooks as turrets, on tapering plinths, some pieces with the original paper labels inscribed MADE IN ECUADOR, king -- 5¼in. (13.2cm) high, pawn -- 1 7/8in. (4.8cm) high