#Pacome Qulaut

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For a belated #InternationalChessDay:

Chess set made by Inuit artist Pacome Qulaut, 1960 slate & walrus tusk Museum of Anthropology

In each colour there are: 1 large walrus figure w/diamonds around base of pedestal (white piece has inlaid black stone in a band around top of pedestal & at centre of each diamond around base); 1 smaller walrus with bands around base of pedestal; 2 bears; 2 deer; 2 igloos; and 8 birds. All of the figures are at the top of a pedestal base.