Title: Cosmetic spoon with a handle in the shape of an ankh
Object type: Cosmetic spoon; ankh-shaped handle
Date: ca. 1887–1750 BC
Period: Middle Kingdom
Medium: Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Dimensions: L. 10.4 cm (4 1/8 in.); W. 2.9 cm (1 1/8 in.); D. 0.7 cm (1/4 in.)
Credit line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 2014
Geography: From    Egypt Fayum Entrance Area Haraga Cemetery A Tomb 124 BSAE excavations, 1913-14 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY