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Cosmetic palette

Bird palette with large body and head and feet carved. Hole for suspension pierced near edge of back of bird. Petrie, type 23H.

Bird palette with large body and head and feet carved. Hole for suspension pierced near edge of back of bird. Petrie, type 23H.

Object Cosmetic palette
Provenance Naqada/Ballas, Egypt
Site Cemetery
Period Predynastic
Material Greywacke
Subject Egyptology
Ref. No 1896.44:02
Copyrights Bolton Council