A beserker from the Lewis chessmen

Description

Chess-piece; walrus ivory; warder; wearing long garment, scabbard and hood; armed with sword and shield: interlaced saltire. Date: circa 1150-1175 AD Height: 8.2 centimetres COL: [MCM1240](http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?partId=1&objectId= 6218) Created by Daniel Pett from 133 photographs taken with a Nikon D5100.