Fish-shaped cosmetic palette | Yale University Art Gallery

3450–3300 B.C.

Medium: Slate
Dimensions: 13.2 × 19.8 × 0.6 cm (5 3/16 × 7 13/16 × 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Yale University Art Gallery
Accession Number: 1920.26.32
Culture: Egyptian
Period: Predynastic, Naqada II
Classification: Tools and Equipment
Disclaimer: Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance

Mohammed Mohassib, Luxor, 1920

Bibliography

Gerry D. Scott, III, Ancient Egyptian Art at Yale, 1st (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1986), 38, fig. 16A.

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Additional information

Object/Work type

cosmetic palettes, utilitarian objects

n.s.

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