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, Ägyptisch - Orientalische Sammlung
Invs.
Ägyptische Sammlung, INV 6919
Provenance
1910, excavated by the Academy of Sciences, Vienna