Palette with Two Stylized Bird Heads
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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.. Slate or schist, 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)
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Gallery
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Title
Palette with Two Stylized Bird Heads
Date
ca. 3500–3100 B.C.E.
Period
Predynastic Period, late Naqada II Period to Naqada III Period
Geography
Place collected: Gebelein, Egypt
Medium
Slate or schist
Classification
Dimensions
5 1/16 x 3/8 x 11 5/8 in. (12.9 x 1.0 x 29.5 cm)
Credit Line
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
Accession Number
16.580.126
Rights
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