Comb ca. 1550–1458 New Kingdom This comb and two others (, ) were found in the remains of an anthropoid (human-shaped) coffin that was excavated by the Museum's Egyptian Expedition in 1916. Although the dimensions vary slightly, all three have shape that is typical of the late-Seventeenth and early-Eighteenth Dynasties. For a similar comb from the same time-period, but made of wood, see combs belonged to the same burial as several other objects in the Museum's collection. These include a small ivory cosmetic box (), two pottery vessels (–.4
Comb ca. 1550–1458 New Kingdom This comb and two others (, ) were found in the remains of an anthropoid (human-shaped) coffin that was excavated by the Museum's Egyptian Expedition in 1916. Although the dimensions vary slightly, all three have shape that is typical of the late-Seventeenth and early-Eighteenth Dynasties. For a similar comb from the same time-period, but made of wood, see combs belonged to the same burial as several other objects in the Museum's collection. These include a small ivory cosmetic box (), two pottery vessels (–.427, three jars of Egyptian alabaster (, .423–.424), and another made of serpentine ().. Comb 547035
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