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| This piece is decorated with two bird heads carved in profile along the top. They may be falcons, perhaps a religious reference to the sky god Horus. Their eyes are drilled and may have originally been inlaid with stone. A third hole in the center might have been used to hang this palette, which was used to grind mineral pigments for eye make-up. |
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Egypt, Predynastic Period Naqada II, ca. 3500 - 3000 B.C. "Double Bird-Headed Palette" |
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