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Egyptian hair comb, broken at one end

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An image of Cosmetic equipment. Comb, broken at one end. Production Place/Find Spot: Egypt. Depth 0.006 m, length 0.07 m, width 0.053 m. New Kingdom.

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Cosmetic equipment. Comb, broken at one end. Production Place/Find Spot: Egypt. Depth 0.006 m, length 0.07 m, width 0.053 m. New Kingdom.

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  • Accession Number: EG.509
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Photographer name: Anna Karbownik
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 777 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
  • Filesize: 165.18kB

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afro-comb Ancient Egypt antiquity comb cosmetic equipment cosmetica Egyptian Fitz_ANT hair comb New Kingdom

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rgb(153,110,59), rgb(119,79,34), rgb(14,11,8), rgb(226,227,229), rgb(133,131,134), rgb(192,172,146), rgb(167,152,140), rgb(176,177,178), rgb(189,186,186), rgb(76,84,78), rgb(100,92,140)

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