<em>Kohl Tube</em>, ca. 1336–1295 B.C.E. Wood, Height: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.634Ea-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.634E_wwg8.jpg)

Kohl Tube, ca. 1336–1295 B.C.E. Wood, Height: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.634Ea-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.634E_wwg8.jpg)

<em>Kohl Tube</em>, ca. 1336–1295 B.C.E. Wood, Height: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.634Ea-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 37.633E_37.634E_37.668E_GrpA_SL4.jpg)

Kohl Tube, ca. 1336–1295 B.C.E. Wood, Height: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.634Ea-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 37.633E_37.634E_37.668E_GrpA_SL4.jpg)

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Kohl Tube

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

On View: 19th Dynasty to Roman Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor

In antiquity this container held a black eye paint called kohl. The piece was closed in an unusual manner. A vertical groove runs through the edge of lid and along the side of the tube. When the applicator was inserted in the groove, it prevented the lid from pivoting, effectively sealing the container.

MEDIUM Wood

Place Made: Egypt

DATES ca. 1336–1295 B.C.E.

DYNASTY late Dynasty 18

PERIOD New Kingdom

DIMENSIONS Height: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 37.634Ea-b

CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Cover turns on a pivot. Separate compartment for stick.

EXHIBITIONS

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view on the 19th Dynasty to Roman Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor

CAPTION Kohl Tube, ca. 1336–1295 B.C.E. Wood, Height: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.634Ea-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.634E_wwg8.jpg)

IMAGE installation, West Wing gallery 8 installation, CUR.37.634E_wwg8.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2006

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