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Saw these weird statue-like things in a parking lot (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 7 months ago by outer_spec@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/whatisthisthing@lemmy.world

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[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

Yep, it was/is a popular style of chess set pieces in Central America/Mexico ostensibly mostly for tourists.

Had a marble/onyx set that likewise, my folks got in Mexico before I was born. My grandma cast a replacement pawn out of plastic when one broke so we always had this super lightweight and off color pawn.