Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · vessel

Spoon or Stick with Slender Handle and Crudely Flattened Bowl

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Description

Caption: Spoon or Stick with Slender Handle and Crudely Flattened Bowl, 30–395 C.E.. Bronze, 9/16 × 1/8 × 4 1/4 in. (1.4 × 0.3 × 10.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.666E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06

Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

Copper alloy artifact resembling an ancient Egyptian kohl stick.

The artifact is a slender, elongated object made from copper alloy, likely used in ancient Egypt for applying kohl or other cosmetics. It has a rough, corroded surface due to age and is slightly bent. The tip is rounded, suggesting use as an applicator. Notable features include its simplistic shape and functional design typical of personal grooming tools from ancient Egyptian periods.

daily life unknown fragmentary
Materials copper

Connections

Found at Egypt
Materials MetalCopper

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.666E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 117275 tier-2
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