M0016473: Ancient Egyptian kohl pot and minature pestle and mortar

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Ancient Egyptian Kohl pot minature pestle and mortar

Photograph of an Ancient Egyptian kohl pot made of marble alongside a minature pestle and mortar. The mortar is made of marble and the pestle made of hematite. They were previously part of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but are not held by Wellcome Collection.

December 1957

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.