<em>Shell with Pigments and Brush</em>. Shell, palm fiber, Egyptian blue pigment, red ochre pigment, umber pigment, shell: 5/8 × 3 5/16 × 5 5/16 in. (1.6 × 8.4 × 13.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.667Ea-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.667Ea-b_PS20.jpg)

Shell with Pigments and Brush

Medium: Shell, palm fiber, Egyptian blue pigment, red ochre pigment, umber pigment

Dimensions: shell: 5/8 × 3 5/16 × 5 5/16 in. (1.6 × 8.4 × 13.5 cm) brush approx.: 5 in. (12.7 cm) mount (shell when supported by pliacre pad m1): 1 1/2 × 5 3/8 × 3 3/8 in. (3.8 × 13.7 × 8.6 cm) mount (m2 - armature on a rod): 12 1/2 × 5 1/2 × 2 in. (31.8 × 14 × 5.1 cm)

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Museum Location: Egyptian Orientation Gallery, 3rd Floor

Accession Number: 37.667Ea-b

Image: 37.667Ea-b_PS20.jpg,

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