Cosmetic palette
ca. 3000 BC
Little pallets of pigment were ground into powder on palettes and then mixed with fat to make eye paint. The earliest palettes were rhomboid; later, they were rectangular, oval, or round. Sometimes they were shaped like birds or fish.
Little pallets of pigment were ground into powder on palettes and then mixed with fat to make eye paint. The earliest palettes were rhomboid; later, they were rectangular, oval, or round. Sometimes they were shaped like birds or fish.
Time:
ca. 3000 BC
Object Name:
Cosmetic palette
Culture:
Ägyptisch
Location of discovery:
Tura, Grab 12 n 7
Material/technology:
Slate
Dimensions:
L 11,3 cm, B 6,7 cm, T 1,03 cm
Copyright:
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Ägyptisch - Orientalische Sammlung
Invs.:
Ägyptische Sammlung, INV 6919
Provenance:
1910, excavated by the Academy of Sciences, Vienna