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Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection
Cosmetic Implement
Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection

Cosmetic Implement

DepartmentAncient Mediterranean Art
CultureEgyptian
Dateca. 1550-1069 BC
MediumBronze
Dimensionsopened: 1 × 3 9/16 × 5/16 in. (2.5 × 9 × 0.8 cm)
closed: 1 1/4 × 3 9/16 × 5/16 in. (3.2 × 9 × 0.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection
Object number86.138.250
GeographyDescriptionA bronze grooming tool that may have served as a razor, tweezers, or as a device for curling or cutting hair. The upper piece takes the form of a leaping jackal, with a flat handle behind its extended hind legs. The lower piece is attached with a small rivet.ProvenanceBy purchase, the Stark family, Orange, Texas, between 1927 and 1929; by bequest, the Nelda C. and H. J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, 1965; by purchase, the San Antonio Museum of Art with funding from Mr. and Mrs. Robert Willson, 1986
Not on view
Collections
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Chris Karcher and Karen Keach.
Tweezers
Culture: Egyptian
ca. 300 BC-AD 400
Purchased with the Antiquities Acquisition Fund.
Furniture leg in the form of an animal's leg
Culture: Egyptian
1352-1336 B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins
Whetstone Handle in the Form of an Ibex
Culture: Iranian
ca. 800 B.C.
Museum Purchase: Antiquities Fund.
Funerary Bed
Culture: Egyptian
ca. 664-525 B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, Purchased with the Grace Fortner Rider Fund.
Griffin Attachment from a Cauldron
Culture: Greek
ca. 650-620 B.C.
Fish
Fish
Culture: Egyptian
ca. 712-30 B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, Purchased with the Grace Fortner Rider Fund.
Statuette of Aphrodite
Culture: Roman
1st-3rd century A.D.
Image Not Available for Two Dogs with Vessel
Two Dogs with Vessel
Unknown
Culture: Jalisco
ca. 200 B.C.-A.D. 200
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins.
Spearhead
Culture: Iranian
ca. 900-700 BC
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins.
Dagger
Culture: Iranian
ca. 1300-1100 BC
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins.
Spearhead
Culture: Iranian
ca. 1000-300 B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins
Dagger
Culture: Iranian
13th-11th century B.C.

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