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

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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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rgb(166,148,113), rgb(4,4,4), rgb(106,87,55), rgb(222,213,188), rgb(123,124,104), rgb(47,37,20), rgb(132,92,54), rgb(60,60,46), rgb(124,116,116), rgb(28,28,14), rgb(60,52,52)

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