Powerhouse Museum Collection Search 2.5
Category history:
   
User keywords, or 'tags', are words added to object records by other users to enhance their discovery. You can add keywords that may be useful in helping others find this object.

We are experimenting with tagging because sometimes museums describe objects in language that is highly specialist and user added keywords are useful in bridging the 'semantic gap' between the language of the museum and that of the user.

Any keywords listed have been added by other users like yourself. You can click on them to use them as search terms to dicover other objects. User tags
Related subjects lists the broad themes that have relevance to the object you are viewing. You can click these themes to see other objects related thematically. Related Subjects
+ Ancient Egyptian culture
+ Decorative arts
Here you can find links to other objects in our collection that belong to the same formal classification categories as the object you are viewing. Similar objects
Archaeology-Ancient > Cosmetics jars

+ A5977 1 Glass, silver cap, cosmetic jar....


'Autogenerated tags' are a new feature that we are testing. These tags are generated by passing the object record through the OpenCalais service from Reuters. This service makes a 'best guess' at the names, places, companies and specialist terminolgy that is in the text of the object records.

By clicking on a tag you can find all other collection records related to that person, place or company.

Because the tags are autogenerated there are likely to be some errors. If you spot one of these then please flag the tag for deletion by clicking the 'x'. Auto-generated tags: [Beta]

Kohl jar

Production Notes include information about the design, manufacture and marketing of an object. Production notes
Kohl was used by ancient Egyptians as a cosmetic to darken the edges of the eyelids. Kohl is a sooty black powder (usually antimony sulphide or lead sulphide mixed with other ingredients).
History Notes include facts about what has happened to an object since manufacture. This could include who owned it and how it was used (provenance). It may also describe any cultural meanings with which it may have become associated. History notes
This kohl jar is part of Dr Stuart Kay's Collection, presented to the Trustees of the NSW Applied Arts Trust in January 1927. It was obtained from and authenticated at the Cairo Museum.

 This text content licensed under CC BY-NC.

Description
Kohl jar, carved, stone, Egypt, Pre-dynastic period

The jar is made from an olive-green coloured stone. The small vessel is of squat baluster form with a flat base with splayed basal rim, a round shoulder with waisted neck and an everted disc top. There is a circular aperture drilled in the centre of the top which is narrow in diameter and is shallow. It would have been used for kohl, and there are still traces of kohl powder inside. A large chip and a few smaller ones have been broken from the rim.
Maker: unknown; Egypt; 3100 BC
Marks
Red marking (crayon) "30,32" on base.
The Registration Number of an object is a unique identifying number applied by the museum at the point of acquisition. Current numbering format comprises the year of acquisition, followed by a sequential number. For example, '2007/45' is the Registration Number that represents the 45th acquisition in the year 2007. Registration number
58A
Height
51 mm
Diameter
46 mm

 This text content licensed under CC BY-SA.
Subjects:
+ Ancient Egyptian culture
+ Decorative arts


Copyright
Images on this site are reproduced for the purposes of research and study only. Whilst every effort has been made to trace the Copyright holders, we would be grateful for any information concerning Copyright of the images and we will withdraw them immediately on Copyright holder's request.
Object viewed 1501 times. Parent IRN: 32. Master IRN: 32 Img: 54830 Flv: .