COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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AMICO~1~1
The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
AIC_.1941.1084
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AIC_.1941.1084
AMICA ID
false
AMICA Library Year:
1998
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1998
AMICA Library Year
false
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Object Type
false
Creator Name:
Unknown
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Unknown
Creator Name
false
Creator Nationality:
African; North African; Egyptian
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African; North African; Egyptian
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Dates/Places:
Ancient Egypt Africa,North Africa,Egypt
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Ancient Egypt Africa,North Africa,Egypt
Creator Dates/Places
false
Creator Name-CRT:
Egyptian
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Egyptian
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
Kohl Container in the Shape of a Palm Column
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Kohl Container in the Shape of a Palm Column
Title
false
Title Type:
preferred
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preferred
Title Type
false
View:
full view
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full view
View
false
Creation Date:
New Kingdom, late dynasty 18 or 19 (1400/1225 B.C.)
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New Kingdom, late dynasty 18 or 19 (1400/1225 B.C.)
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
-1400
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-1400
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
-1225
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-1225
Creation End Date
false
Materials and Techniques:
Rod-formed glass with applied rim-disk and thread decoration
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Rod-formed glass with applied rim-disk and thread decoration
Materials and Techniques
false
Classification Term:
Glass
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Glass
Classification Term
false
Subject Description:
Palm column-shaped container to hold kohl, an eye paint.
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Palm column-shaped container to hold kohl, an eye paint.
Subject Description
false
Creation Place:
Africa,North Africa,Egypt
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Africa,North Africa,Egypt
Creation Place
false
Dimensions:
H.: 8 cm (3-3/16 in.); Diam.: 3.6 cm (1-7/16 in.)
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H.: 8 cm (3-3/16 in.); Diam.: 3.6 cm (1-7/16 in.)
Dimensions
false
AMICA Contributor:
The Art Institute of Chicago
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The Art Institute of Chicago
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
1941.1084
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1941.1084
ID Number
false
Credit Line:
The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Theodore W. and Frances S. Robinson
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Theodore W. and Frances S. Robinson
Credit Line
false
Rights:
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<a href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html"target="_new">http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html</a>
Rights
false
Context:
Kohl is eye paint ground from the minerals galena or malachite. It was used by both men and women to darken the edges of their eyes, like modern eyeliner. It may also have been used to prevent eye diseases.
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Kohl is eye paint ground from the minerals galena or malachite. It was used by both men and women to darken the edges of their eyes, like modern eyeliner. It may also have been used to prevent eye diseases.
Context
false
Related Image Identifier Link:
AIC_.E28506.TIF
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AIC_.E28506.TIF
Related Image Identifier Link
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