Look at at the faces on these chess figures! Carved out of walrus ivory and whale teeth, probably around 1200 AD, they were discovered on the island of Lewis in Scotland in 1830 and originated most likely from Norway (medieval Norse era).

My own, last week, #BritishMuseum, London
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A poem about one of the chessmen found on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland

#poem #chess #lewischessmen