The Lewis Chessmen (or Uig Chessmen, named after the bay where they were found) are a group of 78 12th-century chess pieces, most of which are carved in walrus ivory. Discovered in 1831 on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland,they may constitute some of the few complete, surviving medieval chess sets [wikipedia].
The image shows a man-high replica in wood, close to the place where the chess pieces were found.
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