Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue
Palette with Two Stylized Bird Heads
Description
Object Label: The Egyptians ground galena and mixed it with animal fat to make the eyeliner called kohl. Palettes like this one are known from earliest times in Egypt and were used as a base for the grinding process. Caption: Palette with Two Stylized Bird Heads, ca. 3500–3100 B.C.E.. Greywacke, 5 1/16 x 3/8 x 11 5/8 in. (12.9 x 1.0 x 29.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.126. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.580.126 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3179 tier-2
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