Egyptian Coptic wooden comb, decorated

An image of Cosmetic equipment. Comb, decorated. Production Place: Egypt. Wood, length 0.18 m, width 0.056 m. Coptic period.

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Cosmetic equipment. Comb, decorated. Production Place: Egypt. Wood, length 0.18 m, width 0.056 m. Coptic period.

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Accession Number: E.1.1935
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Anna Karbownik
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 496 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 90.57kB

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