Egyptian kohl pot, with stick, decorated with cartouches

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Cosmetic equipment. Kohl pot, with stick, decorated with cartouches. Production Place: Egypt. Wood, height 0.0925 m. New Kingdom.

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Accession Number: E.28.1955
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/39.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Mark Box
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 709 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 504.46kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 39/1
Captured: 2012:03:07 06:21:44

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Ancient Egypt antiquity BC cartouche cosmetic equipment cosmetica cosmetics Egyptian eyeliner Fitz_ANT kohl pot make-up New Kingdom stick wood wooden

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