326 GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [EGYPTIAN 
Wood. Small rectangular boxes, one with sliding cover. 
d§ to 3\ in. 1. 
Wood. Bowl-shaped box with'partitions. 6^ in. dr., 
3 in. h. 
Wood . Small four-legged box wdth a vaulted cover ; 
the sides and top inlaid with ivory stamped with circular 
ornaments. to 3f in. h. 
Wood . Tall cylindrical boxes ; one contains a sub¬ 
stance similar to flour. h\ to 3§ in. h. 
Horn. Portion of a similar box. 4 in. h. 
Div. 3. — Wood . Small vases or boxes; some have 
flat covers fitting exactly, and fixed by pins through pro¬ 
jections at each side ; the tops and edges carved. 4f to 
4 in. dr., 2\ to 1^ in h. 
Wood . Box in shape of a long narrow gourd divided 
lengthwise. 7 in. 1. 
Wood. Semi-cylindrical box with a sliding grooved 
cover On the sides and top are carved the ornaments 
of an oskh. 5\ in. 1. to 2\ in. 1. 
Wood. Circular, egg-, and cartouche-shaped spoons. 
5\ to 3 ^ in. 1. 
Wood. Shovel-shaped spoon, with handle. in. 1. 
Wood. Spoon ; the handle formed by the twisted 
stems and buds of a lotus flower. 6^ in. 1. 
Wood. Spoon with an egg-shaped bowi and moveable 
cover. The handle represents flow r ers of the papyrus ; 
the buds are of ivory stained pink. The whole is inlaid 
with colour. 1 ft. 1. 
Ivory , wood. Spoons; the bowls carved to repre¬ 
sent the shell Xndina Nilotica, which a human hand holds 
by the thumb and finger. The handle terminates in the 
head of a goose. to 6 in. 1. 
Ivory. Spoon, with a similar bowl, which the young 
Horus, standing upon a lotus flower, supports on his 
head by both hands. 3§ in. h. 
Wood. Spoon, with bowl in shape of a cartouche, and 
handle carved in bas-relief, representing a gazelle couchant. 
Within the bowl, two fish feeding on a water, plant are 
traced in outline. 7 in. 1. 
Ivory. Spoon or box in shape of a fish ; on the tail 
and gill are tw r o pivot holes for a moveable cover of the 
same material. 6| in. 1. 
