Cow palette

Museum number:
6-18226
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21060018226
Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/107
Description:
Slate palette, bovine head with horns, 3 perforations. Length 10 cm.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb 221, Cemetery 100, El Ahaiwah
Verbatim coll. place:
Tomb 221
Culture or time period:
Naqada III/'Dynasty 0' (ca. 3200–3000 BC)
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection date:
1900
Materials:
Slate (rock)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Cosmetic palettes
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Loans:
S1974-1975 #60: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (February 18, 1975–August 1975), S1987-1988 #44: SFO Museum (June 23, 1988–August 25, 1988), S1988-1989 #7: SFO Museum (August 25, 1988–January 23, 1989), and S2010-2011 #7: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (April 1, 2012–August 10, 2012)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 10 titled Cow palette, accession number 6-18226, described as Slate palette, bovine head with horns, 3 perforations. Length 10 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 10 titled Cow palette, accession number 6-18226, described as Slate palette, bovine head with horns, 3 perforations. Length 10 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 10 titled Cow palette, accession number 6-18226, described as Slate palette, bovine head with horns, 3 perforations. Length 10 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 10 titled Cow palette, accession number 6-18226, described as Slate palette, bovine head with horns, 3 perforations. Length 10 cm.Hearst Museum object 5 of 10 titled Cow palette, accession number 6-18226, described as Slate palette, bovine head with horns, 3 perforations. Length 10 cm.Hearst Museum object 6 of 10 titled Cow palette, accession number 6-18226, described as Slate palette, bovine head with horns, 3 perforations. Length 10 cm.Hearst Museum object 7 of 10 titled Cow palette, accession number 6-18226, described as Slate palette, bovine head with horns, 3 perforations. Length 10 cm.Hearst Museum object 8 of 10 titled Cow palette, accession number 6-18226, described as Slate palette, bovine head with horns, 3 perforations. Length 10 cm.Hearst Museum object 9 of 10 titled Cow palette, accession number 6-18226, described as Slate palette, bovine head with horns, 3 perforations. Length 10 cm.Hearst Museum object 10 of 10 titled Cow palette, accession number 6-18226, described as Slate palette, bovine head with horns, 3 perforations. Length 10 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cow palette, accession number 6-18226, described as Slate palette, bovine head with horns, 3 perforations. Length 10 cm.

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