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.

Gold Leaf Heiroglyphs

We're experimenting with applying gold leaf for the Senet board heiroglyphs.  Here's an example on one of our older boxes.  The outstanding question is whether or not the protective seals over the box will be enough to protect the gold leaf during game play.