cosmetic-box
- Museum number
- EA5949
- Description
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Wooden cosmetic-box in the form of a trussed duck. The container can be closed with a swivel-lid, which bears incised decoration. Holes, one in the body and the other in the lid, would allow the lid to be held in place with string.
- Dimensions
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Length: 10.80 centimetres
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Width: 5 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Published:
Art and Afterlife in Ancient Egypt, Japan 1999-2000, [39].
Fredericq, JEA XIII, p. 12-3.
For 'cosmetic' containers, typically found in tombs though examples have been found in temples, see Egypt’s Golden Age (exhibition catalogue, Boston, 1982): 207-15.
- Location
- On display (G61/dc4/sB)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
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
- Condition
- fair
- Acquisition date
- 1834
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA5949
- Registration number
- .5949
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: BS.5949 (Birch Slip Number)