Lot Essay
For a similiar Phillipine set see Chess, Bloomsbury Auctions, May 2006, lot 289.
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20TH CENTURY
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A PHILIPPINE CARVED EBONY AND HARDWOOD TRIBAL CHESS SET
20TH CENTURY
Representing the Ifugao and Bontoc tribes, knights as bulls with rearing heads, rooks as huts, pawns as tribesmen
The king -- 4in. (10cm.) high; the pawn -- 2½in. (6.2cm.) high
Together with a Balinese carved stained wood chess set and board, late 20th century (2)
20TH CENTURY
Representing the Ifugao and Bontoc tribes, knights as bulls with rearing heads, rooks as huts, pawns as tribesmen
The king -- 4in. (10cm.) high; the pawn -- 2½in. (6.2cm.) high
Together with a Balinese carved stained wood chess set and board, late 20th century (2)
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