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Wood and bone box
Wooden cosmetic box with two sliding lids. Decorated with bone strips. Strips have a pattern of drilled circles which are filled with black pigment. Originally a kohl stick, bone fragment, and knob from the left lid were housed in the box, but these were replaced (in 1991) and the knob has been reattached.
Wooden box, decorated with strips of bone.
Given by the British School of Archaeology, 1921
Depth: 11 cm
Width: 14 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1921) by British School of Archaeology
Eighteenth Dynasty
New Kingdom
-1479
-
-1425
Strips composed of bone
Accession number: E.22.1921
Primary reference Number: 52038
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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