- Museum number
- EA5945
- Description
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Wooden cosmetic-spoon; the handle is in the form of a dog which bites the tail of the fish that forms the bowl and the lid(now detached); blue painted detail.
- Dimensions
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Length: 26.10 centimetres
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Weight: 64 grammes
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Width: 1.90 centimetres
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Depth: 4.90 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Published:
D. Symons in: Man's Best Friend, Birmingham 1991, p.33 [96].
P. Kozloff, B. Bryan, and M. Berman, Egypt's Dazzling Sun, Cleveland 1992, pp.350-351 [77] = Le Pharaon-Soleil , Paris 1993, p.307 [77].
Les amour d'une princesse égyptienne, Saint-Gérard 1997, p.121 [85].
D. Antoine and M. Vandenbeusch, Egyptian mummies. Exploring ancient lives, Sydney 2016, pp. 132-3.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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1991 8 Jan-24 Mar, Birmingham Museum and City Art Gallery, Man’s Best Friend
1992 Jul-Sep, Ohio, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Egypt's Dazzling Sun: Amenhotep III & his World
1992/3 Oct-Jan, Texas, Kimbell Art Museum, Egypt's Dazzling Sun: Amenhotep III & his World
1993 Mar-May, Paris, Grand Palais, Egypt's Dazzling Sun: Amenhotep III & his World
1997 May-Oct, Abbaye Saint-Gerard De Brogne, Le Roman de la momie
1998/9 Oct-Jun, South Carolina, The Charleston Museum, Queens Commoners of the New Kingdom
2001 26 Jun-23 Sep, Birmingham Gas Hall, Egypt Revealed
2004 10 Jul-4 Sept, Bolton Museum, Beasts of the Nile
2004 18 Sept-14 Nov, Salford Museum, Beasts of the Nile
2004-2005 27 Nov-23 Jan, Chester, Grosvenor Museum, Beasts of the Nile
2005 5 Feb-28 May, Warrington Museum, Beasts of the Nile
2005 18 Jun-18 Sept, Rochdale Art Gallery, Beasts of the Nile
2005 26 Sept-2 Dec, Preston, Museum of Lancashire, Beasts of the Nile
2006 14 Jan-22 Apr, Lancaster City Museum, Beasts of the Nile
2006 9 May-6 Aug, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire Museum, Beasts of the Nile
2006 14 Aug-19 Nov, Swansea Museum, Beasts of the Nile
2011 27th June - 31st August, Bowes Museum : Ancient Egypt
2016-2017 10 Oct-30 Apr, Sydney, Powerhouse Museum, Ancient Lives
2017 16 Jun-18 Oct, Hong Kong Science Museum, Ancient Lives
2017-2018 14 Nov-20 Feb, Taiwan, National Palace Museum, Ancient Lives
2018 16 Mar-22 Jul, Brisbane, Queensland Museum of Art, Ancient Lives
2019-2020 14 Sept- 28 Jun, Montreal, Museum of Fine Arts, Ancient Lives EXTENDED DUE TO COVID19
2020-2021, 19 Sept - 21 Mar, Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum, Ancient Lives
2021-2022 9 Oct - 10 Jan, Tokyo, Museum of Science and Nature, Mummies of Ancient Egypt: rediscovering six lives (Egyptian Mummies 2)
2022 5 Feb- 8 May, Kobe City Museum, Mummies of Ancient Egypt: rediscovering six lives (Egyptian Mummies 2)
2022 14 Jul - 26 Oct, Madrid, CaixaForum, Mummies of Ancient Egypt: rediscovering six lives (Egyptian Mummies 2)
2022-2023 1 Dec – 19 Mar, Barcelona, CaixaForum, Mummies of Ancient Egypt: rediscovering six lives (Egyptian Mummies 2)
2023 25 Apr - 2 Sep, Seville, CaixaForum, Mummies of Ancient Egypt: rediscovering six lives (Egyptian Mummies 2)
- Condition
- good - the lid has become detached
- Acquisition date
- 1835
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA5945
- Registration number
- .5945
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: BS.5945 (Birch Slip Number)
