We've been hitting the Senet boards hard this month. For this one we've gone back to the King Tut style Senet symbols, rather than the more Ramses era symbols we've put out recently.
Creating unique, playable works of art inspired by the game boards of Antiquity.
Showing posts with label King Tut. Show all posts
Showing posts with label King Tut. Show all posts
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Monday, February 28, 2011
Senet Game Board with carved lid and painted gold base pattern
Both the box and the Senet game board lid are made of pine. The 30-Square Senet board is hand-carved, and the heiroglyphs were also etched by hand. The box was stained with an ebony wipe-on stain and then sealed. After sealing, the pattern along the bottom edge was hand-painted with gold leaf (the pattern is based on a pattern along part of King Tut's gold death mask). A 20-Square Tjau board is carved on the flip-side of the lid.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Knucklebones
Hand-carved knucklebones. In addition to throwing sticks, the ancient Egyptians used knuckbones (early dice, from a bone in the ankle of a sheep). We carved these from pine using a picture of King Tut's ivory Senet board set as a guide.
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