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Gaming Piece10th-11th century

Not on view
Small carved bone or ivory object with ring-and-dot motifs and horizontal grooved bands, heavily weathered with gray and brown discoloration

Unknown, Gaming Piece, 10th-11th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Gaming Piece
Place Made
Syria
Date Made
10th-11th century
Medium
Bone, carved, and drilled
Dimensions
Height: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm); Length: 4 3/4 in. (12.06 cm)
Credit Line
The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2002.1.529
Classification
Organic Materials
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic

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