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

Comb with Human Image

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Accession: 35.1267
Find spot: Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Predynastic Period, early Naqada II Period
Date: ca. 3500–3400 B.C.E.
Date range: 3500 BCE – 3400 BCE
Materials: ['Bone']
Height: 2.2 cm
Width: 6.6 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Comb with Human Image (35.1267). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/40212

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Object Label: This narrow comb originally had long teeth, and it was probably worn as a hair ornament. The long beard on the face resembles that on the carved tusk in this case. The eyes and eyebrows would have been inlaid in another material, such as black paste. Caption: Comb with Human Image, ca. 3500–3400 B.C.E.. Bone, 7/8 x 2 5/8 in. (2.2 x 6.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.1267. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

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BKM-Accession 35.1267 tier-2
BKM-Object 3359 tier-2

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