Hair Curler

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Holding institution:
Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum
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Title:
Hair Curler
Date:
ca.1539-1292 B.C.E.
Description:
Small bronze hair curler, undecorated. Condition: Bronze in color, with areas of black. Surfaces are pitted. Curling ends of trough and knife are blunt, perhaps broken off.
Type:
Cosmetic
Geographic region:
Egypt
Time period:
New Kingdom
Provenance:
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Medium:
Bronze
Extent:
Length: 2 in. (5.1 cm)
Rights:
Creative Commons-BY
Identifier:
Accession Number: 37.655E
Is part of:
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
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