A knight from the Lewis chessmen

Description

Chess-piece; walrus ivory; knight; mounted; bearded, wearing conical helmet, long girded tunic; armed with spear and kite-shaped shield: lozenge inscribed in square; sword suspended from baldric over shoulder. Date: circa 1150-1175 AD Height: 8.4 centimetres COL: [MCM3136](http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?partId=1&objectId=6200) Created by Daniel Pett from 212 photographs taken with a Nikon D5100