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Kohl stick

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Fine example of the ivory sticks used by elite men and women to apply galena, a lead ore, to the eyebrows. This example was excavated by Flinders Petrie in the Middle Kingdom cemeteries at Hu in Upper Egypt.

Present location

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND [30/002] DUBLIN

Inventory number

1901:769

Dating

12TH DYNASTY

Archaeological Site

HIW/HU/DIOSPOLIS PARVA

Category

KOHL STICK

Material

IVORY ?

Technique

CARVED

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