Kohl Jar

Unidentified Ancient Egyptian maker

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New Kingdom Period, 1550-1070 BCE

Stone

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Museum and Art Gallery, Reading, England

38.81.7048

Geography

Place Made: Egypt, Northern Africa, Africa

Period

2000-1000 BCE

Object Name

Vessel

Research Area

Ancient Egypt

Africa

On view

Course History

History 10.02, Archival Research, Julia Rabig, Summer 2025

Anthropology 31.01, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 36.01, Gender in Cross Cultural Perspectives, Sabrina Billings, Fall 2025

Theater 15.01, Theatre & Society I, Samantha Lazar, Fall 2025

Exhibition History

Stone, Sand, and Clay: Connecting Cultures in the Ancient Mediterranean, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 7, 2025 - Ongoing

Provenance

Reading Museum, Reading, England; given to present collection, 1938.

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