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Double Kohl Tube with Applicator

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Description

Object Label: Kohl Containers Eye makeup has been used for millennia. Ancient Egyptian men and women used a dark substance called kohl as eye makeup for nearly four thousand years, from the Predynastic Period until the Roman occupation in the fourth century c.e. Kohl emphasized the eyes, reduced sun glare, and repelled flies. The common presence of kohl containers in burials indicates that the Egyptians believed these concerns would continue in the afterlife. Caption: Double Kohl Tube with Applicator, ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E.. Faience (container), bronze (applicator), 4 x 1 9/16 x 11/16 in. (10.2 x 4 x 1.7 cm) Stick: 5 in. (12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 11.671a-b. (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.

A blue faience ushabti, a funerary figurine used in ancient Egypt.

This image depicts a small funerary figurine known as an ushabti, crafted from blue faience. The figure is cylindrical and adorned with darker lines indicative of details or inscriptions. Faience, a glazed composition of ground quartz or sand mixed with a colorant, was commonly used for such artifacts. The figure is likely meant to represent an individual wrapped in a shroud, a common depiction in ushabtis that were intended to serve the deceased in the afterlife.

funerary New Kingdom good
Materials faience

Connections

Found at Egypt
Materials Faience

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 11.671a-b tier-2
  • BKM-Object 3067 tier-2
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