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)
9585B (none) (none) B16946 [A-B] 2 Cockle shells Containing black paint.
9597A (none) (none) B16952 [A-B] 2 Cockle shells One containing black paint
9597B (none) (none) B16952 [A-B] 2 Cockle shells One containing black paint
8690A (none) (none) B16957 [A] Tweezers and [B] stiletto. Silver. With twisted wire at the top for a ring but this is in both cases missing.
8690B (none) (none) B16957 [A] Tweezers and [B] stiletto. Silver. With twisted wire at the top for a ring but this is in both cases missing.
9260 (none) (none) B16965 Copper reticule Containing manicure tools attached to a ring Common type
11214 (none) (none) B16969 Silver Paint Box. In 2 compartments consisting of 2 small hemispherical bowls with a straight partition between. Traces of black paint in one compartment. Minute perforated lugs on either side in the middle to allow of suspension. Rib runs round width of belly of box on the outside. [drawing]
10584J (none) (none) B16999 Head Ornaments. (A) Quantity of gold ribbon., (B) Gold wreath, leaf pendants with double string of lapis and carnelian beads. (C) [.1-.2] Pair of large gold lunate earrings. (D)Silver pin with lapis head. (E) Silver hair ornament, 3-pronged, with rosette finials of gold, lapis and shell. (F) Double conoid beads, gold and lapis (see field notes) (G) Beads, lapis and silver (H) [H and L] 2 silver earrings, plain wire spirals [I] [Not assigned] (J)Cockleshells containing paint. (K) Silver pin, rounded head, L. 150mm
9299 (none) (none) B17014 Copper reticule Normal type
8650 (none) (none) B17015 Copper reticule. With tools (apparently) of silver.
9723A (none) (none) B17025 [A-B] 2 Cockle Shells Green paint.
9723B (none) (none) B17025 [A-B] 2 Cockle Shells Green paint.
8192 (none) (none) B17040 Cockle shell. Containing green paint.
9362 47-29-316 (none) B17085 Set of silver toilet instruments, tweezers, knife, and two stilettos suspended from a silver ring. No case was found with set. [card seems to be a replacement]
10966A (none) (none) B17185 Cockle-shells. Containing green and white paint, of unusually large size, the biggest being 145mm, across.
10966B (none) (none) B17186 Cockle-shells. Containing green and white paint, of unusually large size, the biggest being 145mm, across.
8222 (none) (none) B17187 Cockle shells. Five, containing paint. [4 shells under this number in UPM?]
8468 (none) (none) B17188 Cockle shell. Traces of dark green paint.
8345A.1 (none) (none) B17189 [A and B] 2 cockle shells. Containing green paint.
8731 (none) (none) B17221 Rectangular paint? box. Limestone. Grey. Resting on 4 low legs. 5 holes 0025 deep and 002 in diam bored into the receptacle. One hole in the middle and one at each corner; two horizontal ribs decorated with vertical notches rim round the sides of the box. One leg missing - part of top missing. [drawing 1:3] sketch.
9937 (none) (none) B17321 Copper Tweezers. [drawing]
11109 (none) (none) B17355 Copper Reticule. Containing manicure tools attached to a ring.
8475 (none) (none) B17380 Copper reticule Hollow conical copper cap Inside it a number of copper toilet? implements attached to a copper ring. Common type. Ring broken. Badly corroded [drawing]
8983 (none) (none) B17428 Copper reticule (the ring broken)
7858 (none) (none) B17471 Copper reticule. A cone with ball end, containing 4 small copper toilet utensils fastned on to a ring. [drawing]