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Egyptian cosmetic container, in the form of a duck

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An image of Cosmetic equipment/container. Toilet box, in form of duck. Production Place: Egypt. Wood, coloured, length 0.0825 m.

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Cosmetic equipment/container. Toilet box, in form of duck. Production Place: Egypt. Wood, coloured, length 0.0825 m.

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  • Accession Number: E.25.1955
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/39.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Mark Box
  • Image height: 939 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 121.97kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 39/1
  • Captured: 2012:03:07 06:29:55

Key words

Ancient Egypt antiquity birds box container cosmetic equipment cosmetica ducks Egyptian Fitz_ANT lidded wood wooden

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rgb(168,132,87), rgb(230,230,230), rgb(122,98,68), rgb(73,62,47), rgb(142,139,131), rgb(178,157,129), rgb(212,180,134), rgb(182,181,179), rgb(100,108,98), rgb(112,108,116), rgb(197,188,181)

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