brush
- Museum number
- EA41186
- Description
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Thick paint-brush made from fine fibres of vegetal material (not identified) held together by twists of a thin rope (also of vegetal material). The brush end is stained with red pigment.
- Dimensions
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Length: 10.50 centimetres
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Width: 4.20 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- For a range of brushes from Deir el-Medina, including forms similar to EA 41186, see Les artistes de pharaon (exhibition catalogue, Paris, 2002), 201 [151]
The brush comes from Naville's excavations in the 11th dynasty temple at Deir el-Bahri, during which much later material (particularly of New Kingdom date, but also as late as the 8th century AD) was recovered. See Naville, The XIth dynasty temple at Deir el-Bahari, Part III (London, 1913), 18-19.
- Location
- On display (G61/dc3)
- Condition
- good
- Acquisition date
- 1904
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA41186
- Registration number
- 1904,1008.286
