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kohl-stick
;
pin
Object Type
kohl-stick
pin
Museum number
1880.3681.d
Description
Copper alloy pin or antimony rod with a wide, flat shaft slightly curved and ridged at the end to form a spatula. The finial is in the shape of a flat, stylised bird with a comb, pointed beak and upright tail. A repeated incised dot and circle motif decorates both sides: two on the shaft, two on the tail, one on the chest and one marking the eye.
Production date
1stC-6thC
Production place
Made in:
Afghanistan
Excavator/field collector
Field Collection by:
Charles Masson
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Begram
Materials
copper alloy
Technique
cast
Dimensions
Length:
50 millimetres
Width:
20 millimetres
Bibliographic references
Errington 1999 / Rediscovering the Collections of Charles Masson
(p.229, pl.8.12)
Errington 2017a / Charles Masson and the Buddhist Sites of Afghanistan: Explorations, Excavations, Collections 1832-1835
(p.177)
Errington 2021 / Charles Masson: Collections from Begram and Kabul Bazaar, Afghanistan 1833-1838
(p.264, fig.101.10)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
bird
Acquisition name
Transferred from:
India Museum
Acquisition date
1880
Acquisition notes
Collected from the site of Begram, 1834-8 (MSS Eur. E161/VII, ff.31-3).
Department
Asia
Registration number
1880.3681.d
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
IM.Metal.20
(British Museum no.: India Museum collection)