This category includes items associated with personal hygiene and/or altering appearance through cosmetics. 

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Object U Number Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) Museum Number (BM Registration Number) Museum Number (UPM B-number) Description (Catalog Card)
17139 (none) (none) (none) Ivory kohl-pot in the form of a lotus carved and with lines inlaid with black. In very bad condition. Broken and laminated. [drawing 1:1]
17140 (none) 1931,1010.191 (none) Kohl tube. Bone. Lathe-turned. [drawing 1:1]
17353A (none) (none) (none) Manicure (?) implements. Bone. Polished. [drawing 1:1]
17389 (none) 1931,1010.190 (none) Comb. Bone. Several prings missing some wholly others in part. [drawing 1:1]
17413 (none) (none) (none) Kohl pin. Iron. With bent head. Tip missing. [drawing]
17440 (none) (none) (none) Kohl pot? Ivory? Fragment.
17636 (none) (none) (none) Kohl holder. Frit. Double variety. [drawing 1:1]
17753 (none) (none) (none) Mirror. Copper. [drawing]
17840 (none) (none) (none) Copper disk. (probably a mirror) of very thin metal : the rim neatly turned over as if there had been a wooden (?) backing. To it is attached by corrosion a second copper instrument similar to U.17839.
17948 (none) (none) (none) Palette. Flint. Ground hollow. [drawing 1:1]
18295 (none) (none) (none) Bone toilet instrument (?) With ring at top, now broken. Smoothed and pointed.
18936 (none) (none) (none) Copper reticule.
19426 (none) (none) (none) Kohl pot.. 'alabaster'. Half of : originally two circular pots (with holes for restoring lids) made in one piece, supported by the figure of a reclining ram. Coarse wash[?]. Broken in half and only one receptacle at the front part of the ram remaning.
19427 (none) (none) (none) kohl-pot. 'alabaster'. rectangular, with two window receptacles. Round the shoulder a band of rope moulding in relief.
19529 (none) (none) (none) 2 Stone vases in stand. White calcite. Type JN 27
17972B (none) 1932,1008.40 (none) [A-B] 2 palettes. Steatite. [drawing 1:1]
17972C (none) (none) (none) [A-B] 2 palettes. Steatite. [drawing 1:1]
18943G (none) (none) (none) Group: (A) Gold earring, small lunate type. (B) Silver finger ring, plain wire hoop. (C) Silver hair ring, 2 coils of plain wire. (D) Gold twisted ribbon fillet, with hole at each end. (E) Beads: lapis diamonds and tubes, crystal rings, silver diamonds and balls and small blue glaze cylinders. (F) Copper pin, type 8. (G) Copper reticule.
7984B (none) (none) (none) [A-B] Pair of cockle-shells. Containing white pigment.
8281B (none) (none) (none) [A-F] Six cockle shells. One containing black paint. Two containing green paint.
8281C (none) (none) (none) [A-F] Six cockle shells. One containing black paint. Two containing green paint.
8281D (none) (none) (none) [A-F] Six cockle shells. One containing black paint. Two containing green paint.
8281E (none) (none) (none) [A-F] Six cockle shells. One containing black paint. Two containing green paint.
8281F (none) (none) (none) [A-F] Six cockle shells. One containing black paint. Two containing green paint.
8312B (none) (none) (none) [A-B] 2 cockle shells containing traces of [A] green and [B] black pigment respectively.