This category includes objects used in personal hygiene, with a case surrounding the instruments.  The instruments include a pointed rod, possibly a khol stick, a lancet, or stiletto, a flattened spatual object, and a pair of tweezers.  These are encased in a metal cone known as a reticule.  

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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)
14081B 31-17-254 (none) (none) [A-B] 2 manicure implements. [A] Copper tweezers & [B] kohl(?) stick. Bound at top with copper wire.
14922 31-17-270 (none) (none) Copper spatula (?) Slender metal rod with flattened disk head. [drawing 1:1]
15789 (none) 1930,1213.487 (none) Copper tweezers. [drawing]
15790 (none) (none) (none) Copper tweezers. Type same as 15789
17093 (none) (none) (none) Kohl pin. Iron. With bent head. Tip missing. [drawing 1:1]
17353A (none) (none) (none) Manicure (?) implements. Bone. Polished. [drawing 1:1]
17413 (none) (none) (none) Kohl pin. Iron. With bent head. Tip missing. [drawing]
17634A 92-4-18 (none) (none) [A-C] 3 kohl pins. Copper. Square with round heads. [drawing 1:1]
17634B (none) (none) (none) [A-C] 3 kohl pins. Copper. Square with round heads. [drawing 1:1]
17634C (none) (none) (none) [A-C] 3 kohl pins. Copper. Square with round heads. [drawing 1:1]
18295 (none) (none) (none) Bone toilet instrument (?) With ring at top, now broken. Smoothed and pointed.
18930F (none) (none) (none) (A) Gold hair-ribbon, spirally twisted, with hole at each end. (B) 2 earrings, gold lunate type intertwined with similar type in copper. [B.1 and .2] (C) copper finger ring, spirally wound wire. (D) two copper toe rings.[D and H] (E) beads: carnelian tube, large flat oval agate, gold balls and diamonds, gold ribbed balls , carnelian barrels and balls, carnelian double conoid, lapis double conoid and tubes, agate date-shaped: silver balls, (in original order). (F) copper reticule. (G) copper bowl, type 3.
18936 (none) (none) (none) Copper reticule.
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.
19154A 35-1-509 (none) (none) [A-D] Copper reticules.
19154B 35-1-508 (none) (none) [A-D] Copper reticules.
19154C 35-1-507 (none) (none) [A-D] Copper reticules.
19154D 35-1-506 (none) (none) [A-D] Copper reticules.
419 (none) (none) (none) Bronze kohl-stick. Top broken. [drawing 1:1]
519 (none) (none) (none) Bronze kohl-stick. The end slightly thickened to a knob, the top broken off.
7858 (none) (none) B17471 Copper reticule. A cone with ball end, containing 4 small copper toilet utensils fastned on to a ring. [drawing]
7859 (none) 1928,1009.339 (none) Copper reticule. Cone-shaped with base knob. In it 4 small copper toilet instruments held together by a copper ring.
7860 (none) (none) (none) Copper reticule. Cone-shaped with base knob. In it 3 small copper toilet instruments held together by a copper ring.
7881 (none) (none) (none) Copper kohl-stick(?) Head, round knob on square-section rod becoming round at 30mm [drawing 1:1]
7883 (none) (none) (none) Copper kohl-stick(?) Similar to U.7881, shaped thus [reference to drawing] (broken) [drawing]
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