Sunday, August 17, 2008

Mirror

The mirror is made out of a metal called bronze which is a mixture of copper and tin. The scientific name for a mixture of metals is 'alloy'. The mirror was made by beating a lump of bronze until it was as thin as a sheet of cardboard. Then it was polished to make it shiny enough to reflect the light back from your face. Sometimes these mirrors had handles made out of bone or ivory.
Although this mirror has a modern wooden replica handle, the
handles of ancient Egyptian mirrors were often highly decorative
and carved. Images of papyrus plants were common motifs, as
were female forms, which appeared on handles from the New
Kingdom period onwards.
Both men and women wore make-up in ancient Egyptian times.
This mirror would have been expensive and would need polishing
regularly. Consider who would have polished the mirror and what
would they have used to maintain the reflective surface.


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