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Egyptian kohl pot, with bronze stick

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An image of Cosmetic equipment. kohl pot, with stick. Production Place: Egypt. Bronze stick, ebony inlay, ivory inlay, wood, length, 0.06 m, length, stick, 0.0875 m. New Kingdom.

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Cosmetic equipment. kohl pot, with stick. Production Place: Egypt. Bronze stick, ebony inlay, ivory inlay, wood, length, 0.06 m, length, stick, 0.0875 m. New Kingdom.

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  • Accession Number: E.27.1955
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/39.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Mark Box
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 691 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
  • Filesize: 66.45kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 39/1
  • Captured: 2012:03:07 06:18:45

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Ancient Egypt antiquity BC bronze cosmetic equipment cosmetica cosmetics ebony Egyptian eyeliner inlaid inlay ivory kohl pot make-up New Kingdom stick wood wooden

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