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1885.7.2.1

Blue glass bottle and bone spatula for kohl

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1885.7.2.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Blue glass bottle and bone spatula for kohl
Geographical reference
Egypt
Africa > Northern Africa > Egypt
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1885
Date collected
By 1885
Acquisition information
Donated: 1885
Materials and processes
Material Glass, Material Bone
Dimensions
Length 134 mm spatula, Width: max 30 mm bottle, Height 92 mm bottle
Object numbers
Accession number: 1885.7.2.1 Accession number: 1885.7.2.2
Research and responses

Francis Herbert Bradley was, according to his biography [see separate file] too ill for most of his life to leave Oxford, it seems unlikely therefore that he collected these objects from Egypt [AP 7/10/2002]

Search terms: Toilet, Body Art, Vessel, Tool, Cosmetic Vessel, Toilet Article, Body Art Accessory

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