cosmetic-spoon
- Museum number
- EA38188
- Description
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Wooden cosmetic-spoon. The bowl is decorated with inlays in a floral motif, while the handle features an openwork representation of a young girl amongst marsh plants, with an indication of water at the base. The girl wears an earring, has elaborate hair, but is otherwise naked.
- Dimensions
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Length: 16.50 centimetres
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Weight: 20 grammes
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Width: 0.50 centimetres
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Depth: 6 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- For other examples of fine 'comestic spoons', typically found in tombs though examples are known from temples, see Egypt’s Golden Age (exhibition catalogue, Boston, 1982): 27-9.
- Location
- On display (G61/dc4/sC)
- Condition
- good
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA38188
- Registration number
- 1868,1102.41
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: BS.5956a (Birch Slip Number)
