A pawn from the Lewis Chessmen

Description

Chess-piece; walrus ivory; pawn; rounded top; flat sides; front and back: slightly convex; ridged projection on top. Date: circa 1150-1175 AD Height: 5.9 centimetres Width: 3.3 centimetres Depth: 2.3 centimetres COL: [MCM1488](http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?partId=1&objectId=6219) Made by Daniel Pett from 129 photographs taken with a Nikon D5100 tethered and processed in Photoscan at medium.