Egyptian toilet box handle, in shape of duck's head

An image of Cosmetic equipment. Cosmetic container. Toilet box handle, in shape of duck's head. Production Place: Egypt. Wood, ebonyand ivory inlay, depth 0.018 m, height 0.026 m, width 0.045 m.

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Cosmetic equipment. Cosmetic container. Toilet box handle, in shape of duck's head. Production Place: Egypt. Wood, ebonyand ivory inlay, depth 0.018 m, height 0.026 m, width 0.045 m.

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Accession Number: E.GA.5510.1943
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Mark Box
Image height: 841 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 81.00kB
Exposure time: 1/18
ISO Speed: 50
Captured: 2012:02:10 14:46:41

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Ancient Egypt antiquity beak beaky nosed birds box cosmetic equipment cosmetic vessel cosmetica ducks ebony Egyptian Fitz_ANT handle handled inlaid inlay ivory toilet box vessel wood wooden

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