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Comb with Gazelle
The collection record classifies this work as cosmetic objects. It is dated c. 1391–1353 BCE. Recorded culture or place: Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III (1390–1352 BCE).
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- Museum title
- Comb with Gazelle
- Date
- c. 1391–1353 BCE
- Culture / origin
- Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III (1390–1352 BCE)
- Materials and technique
- wood
- Dimensions
- Overall: 5.4 x 5.7 x 0.4 cm (2 1/8 x 2 1/4 x 3/16 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1995.90
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
Both ancient Egyptian men and women loved cosmetics. Unguents, oils, and perfumes made from aromatic plant resins and gums were obtained at great cost from distant lands. The objects identified with cosmetics were given lavish treatment. The luxurious obsidian and gold beaker hints at the precious contents it once held. Others are fanciful in form, such as an ostrich egg. The god Bes, patron god of cosmetics, himself is the subject of a colorful jar. The delicately carved human face and the head of a giraffe decorated elaborate ivory cosmetic spoons.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Jean-Luc and Véronique Chalmin · CC0
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