ʻO ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Pelekania Chess Set he mea kūʻokoʻa a makemake nui ʻia i lilo i ʻāpana hōʻailona o ka hōʻiliʻili o ka hale hōʻikeʻike. Hiki ke ʻike ʻia ka mōʻaukala o kēia pūʻulu chess i ke kenekulia 19, i ka manawa i hāʻawi ʻia ai i ka hale hōʻikeʻike e kahi ʻohi ʻohi Pelekane. Hana ʻia ka papa chess me ka niho ʻelepani a mai ka makahiki 12, ʻo ia kekahi o nā papa chess kahiko loa i ʻike ʻia. Ua kālai ʻia nā ʻāpana me nā kikoʻī koʻikoʻi a me nā hiʻohiʻona maʻalahi, e hōʻike ana i ka hana ʻokoʻa o ke kālai ʻelepani medieval.
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ʻO kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona koʻikoʻi o The British Museum Chess Set ʻo ia ka hoʻolālā ʻana o nā ʻāpana, e hōʻike ana i nā ʻano a me nā ʻano moʻomeheu o ka Medieval Europe. ʻO nā ʻāpana he kikoʻī loa a loaʻa nā hiʻohiʻona kūʻokoʻa, e like me nā ʻāpana naita i hōʻike ʻia e like me nā naita i kau ʻia ma luna o ka lio. ʻO kekahi hiʻohiʻona koʻikoʻi ka nui o nā ʻāpana, ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ka hapa nui o nā pūʻulu chess hou a hoʻokaʻawale iā lākou mai nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe.
Ma ke ʻano o nā ʻokoʻa, ʻokoʻa ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo British Hale Hōʻikeʻike Chess Set mai nā papa chess ʻē aʻe ma nā ʻano like ʻole. ʻO ka mea mua, ʻo ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻelepani ma ke ʻano he mea no nā ʻāpana he mea laʻa a waiwai hoʻi. ʻO ka lua, ʻaʻole ʻike pinepine ʻia nā hoʻolālā paʻakikī a me nā kiʻi kikoʻī o nā ʻāpana i nā ʻāpana chess o kēia wā, e hoʻolilo iā lākou i hoʻokahi o ke ʻano. Eia hou, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā ʻāpana ma mua o ka hapa nui o nā pūʻulu chess hou, e maʻalahi iā lākou ke lawelawe a pāʻani pū me.