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ID number: ECM 152 Named collection: The Eton Myers Collection Title / Object name: Hair Pin Object type: Hair pin Culture: Egyptian Materials: Bone Measurements: overall: 8.50 cm x 2.10 cm x 0.40 cm (H x W x D) Provenance: Unknown |
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This is the only hair pin within the collection which is made of flattened bone and features a rounded tip, with a decorated terminal of two overlapping series of drilled concentric circles Bibliography: Fletcher, J. 2000. 'Hair', in P. Nicholson and I. Shaw, Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 495-501. Notes: Hair pins could be made of bone, ivory, glass, steatite or more precious materials such as gold, and typically found in burial contexts. Such objects may have been a functional part of daily life, but may also have been important to take with them to the afterlife. While materials such as ivory were a traded product in ancient Egypt, bone was a common, strong and readily available resource that could be used for both decorative and more practical objects (Krzyszkowska and Morkot 2000: 327). |
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