Shell with Pigments and Brush
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Caption
Shell with Pigments and Brush, Shell, palm fiber, Egyptian blue pigment, red ochre pigment, umber pigment, shell: 5/8 × 3 5/16 × 5 5/16 in. (1.6 × 8.4 × 13.5 cm) brush approx.: 5 in. (12.7 cm) mount (shell when supported by pliacre pad m1): 1 1/2 × 5 3/8 × 3 3/8 in. (3.8 × 13.7 × 8.6 cm) mount (m2 - armature on a rod): 12 1/2 × 5 1/2 × 2 in. (31.8 × 14 × 5.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.667Ea-b. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Title
Shell with Pigments and Brush
Period
New Kingdom
Medium
Shell, palm fiber, Egyptian blue pigment, red ochre pigment, umber pigment
Classification
Dimensions
shell: 5/8 × 3 5/16 × 5 5/16 in. (1.6 × 8.4 × 13.5 cm) brush approx.: 5 in. (12.7 cm) mount (shell when supported by pliacre pad m1): 1 1/2 × 5 3/8 × 3 3/8 in. (3.8 × 13.7 × 8.6 cm) mount (m2 - armature on a rod): 12 1/2 × 5 1/2 × 2 in. (31.8 × 14 × 5.1 cm)
Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
37.667Ea-b
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