Ancient alabaster perfume bottle

Description:	Much like us, Ancient Egyptians took great care to look their best. Both men and women used cosmetics, including white make-up, black make-up made with carbon or manganese oxides and green make-up created from malachite and other copper-based minerals. Red Ochre was ground and mixed with water and applied to the lips and cheeks. Egyptian craftsmen created containers out of various materials to store cosmetics, salves and perfumes. Perfumes were made from roots, blossoms or leaves of henna, cinnamon, turpentine, iris, lilies and roses. Oil was added to produce liquid perfumes, while creams and salves were the result of adding wax or fat. Made from a stone called alabaster, this vessel was most likely used to hold perfume. Hard and durable, alabaster was often used to create vessels and other funerary goods to provide the deceased with luxuries, protection and food needed for the next life.
Source:	http://www.digitalindy.org/cdm/ref/collection/tcm/id/557
Collection:	The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Rights:	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/;
Copyright:	Creative Commons (CC By-SA 3.0);
Geography:	Egypt
Subjects:	Bottles Perfume bottles Egypt--Civilization--To 332 B.C. Egypt--Social life and customs--To 332 B.C. Egypt--Antiquities Alabaster

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