Tweezers
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
MEDIUM
Bronze
DATES
ca. 2008â1630 B.C.E.
PERIOD
Middle Kingdom (possibly)
DIMENSIONS
1 1/8 x 3/8 x 3 11/16 in. (2.9 x 1 x 9.3 cm)
ACCESSION NUMBER
16.123
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Large bronze tweezers with wide flat ends decorated with two sets of three incised lines on each side.
Condition: Intact. Bronze appears to have been cleaned; very slight incrustations remain at the end - Typical specimen of its class.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
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