Applicator

Museum number:
6-10458
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/107
Description:
stick for cutting and powdering eye paint or other pigment (”paint masher”). bronze. one end rounded; opposite end flattened triangle with round hole at base. length 12 cm
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
House 5004, El Ahaiwah, Upper Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
5004
Culture or time period:
20th Dynasty of Egypt (1186–1069 BC) and 21st Dynasty of Egypt (1069–945 BC)
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection date:
1901-1903
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Cosmetic applicators
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Dimensions:
length 116 millimeters and width 9 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Applicator, accession number 6-10458, described as stick for cutting and powdering eye paint or other pigment (”paint masher”). bronze. one end rounded; opposite end flattened triangle with round hole at base. length 12 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Applicator, accession number 6-10458, described as stick for cutting and powdering eye paint or other pigment (”paint masher”). bronze. one end rounded; opposite end flattened triangle with round hole at base. length 12 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Applicator, accession number 6-10458, described as stick for cutting and powdering eye paint or other pigment (”paint masher”). bronze. one end rounded; opposite end flattened triangle with round hole at base. length 12 cm

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