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Source Description
During the New Kingdom, kohl, a dark, cosmetic eye paint, was often stored in small, slender vessels. The shape of these flasks resembles a palm column, a shape derived from architecture.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
39382
label
Palm Column Kohl Tube
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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2
Source metadata
id
39382
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Palm Column Kohl Tube
description
During the New Kingdom, kohl, a dark, cosmetic eye paint, was often stored in small, slender vessels. The shape of these flasks resembles a palm column, a shape derived from architecture.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1400-1360 BCE (New Kingdom)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Glasswares
vessels
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2
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2
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
9.7
height
3.5
dimensionsRaw
3 13/16 x 1 3/8 in. (9.7 x 3.5 cm) (h. x diam.)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
dynasty
18th Dynasty
med
glass
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6182
collection_ids
EGY
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none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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c0079be9cf22937f
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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98d5d6909143a95c
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no
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no