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Wood and bone box: E.22.1921

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Current Location: Exhibition: Exhibition: Made in Ancient Egypt, 3 October 2025 – 12 April 2026 (Mellon Gallery)

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Wood and bone box

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Description

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.

Legal notes

Given by the British School of Archaeology, 1921

Measurements and weight

Depth: 11 cm
Width: 14 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1921) by British School of Archaeology

Dating

Eighteenth Dynasty
New Kingdom
-1479 - -1425

Project

  • Egypt

Components of the work

Strips composed of bone

Materials used in production

Wood

Techniques used in production

Inlaid

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Identification numbers

Accession number: E.22.1921
Primary reference Number: 52038

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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 6 October 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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