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Egyptian wooden hair comb

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An image of Cosmetic equipment. Comb. Production Place: Egypt. Wood, height 0.163 m.

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Cosmetic equipment. Comb. Production Place: Egypt. Wood, height 0.163 m.

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  • Accession Number: 2704-1943
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Photographer name: Anna Karbownik
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 410 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
  • Filesize: 79.35kB

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afro-comb Ancient Egypt antiquity comb cosmetic equipment cosmetica Egyptian Fitz_ANT hair comb wood wooden

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