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Egyptian wooden comb

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An image of Cosmetic equipment. Comb. Production Place: Egypt. Wood, height 0.08 m, width 0.08 m.

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Cosmetic equipment. Comb. Production Place: Egypt. Wood, height 0.08 m, width 0.08 m.

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  • Accession Number: E.W.20
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Photographer name: Mark Box
  • Image height: 768 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 104.81kB
  • Exposure time: 1/15
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Captured: 2012:06:15 10:59:59

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

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