Toiletry box

Museum number:
6-16058
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Alternate number:
N.94 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/107
Description:
Wooden box, rectangular decorated with strips ivory with incised circles and dots, removable sliding lid, 12 by 15 cm.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb 94, Cemetery 100, Naga-ed-Der
Culture or time period:
12th Dynasty of Egypt (1985–1773 BC)
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection date:
1901
Materials:
Ivory (material) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
archaeology
Context of use:
Tomb model
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Dimensions:
width 15 centimeters and length 12 centimeters
Comment:
Middle Kingdom (12th Dynasty)
Loans:
S1974-1975 #60: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (February 18, 1975–August 1975) and S1990-1991 #10: M. H. de Young Memorial Museum (September 11, 1990–unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Toiletry box, accession number 6-16058, described as Wooden box, rectangular decorated with strips ivory with incised circles and dots, removable sliding lid, 12 by 15 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Toiletry box, accession number 6-16058, described as Wooden box, rectangular decorated with strips ivory with incised circles and dots, removable sliding lid, 12 by 15 cm.

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