veil
- Museum number
- Af.6241
- Description
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Tube used to connect the two veils worn by women in Egypt; a cylidrical wooden tube covered with a thin brass plate ornamented with dots and three belts of brass wire.
- Production date
- 1870 (before)
- Dimensions
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Height: 5.60 centimetres
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Width: 1.80 centimetres
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Depth: 1.80 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1870
- Acquisition notes
- Acquired by exchange with A T Lempriere on 22 February 1870.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af.6241
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Af1870C1.6241 (old CDMS no.)
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Miscellaneous number: Af1870C0221.3