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Cosmetic container: E.47.1937

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Current Location: Gallery 19

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Description

Toilet box, boat shaped, with duck's head and wings forming lid

Legal notes

The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937

Measurements and weight

Length: 16.3 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood

Dating

New Kingdom
Eighteenth Dynasty
-1550 - -1295

Materials used in production

Wood

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Identification numbers

Accession number: E.47.1937
Primary reference Number: 53593
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 10 June 2022 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

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

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