- Object Name:
- Kohl Container
- Place Made:
- Kabul, Afghanistan
- Date:
- 1960s
- Medium:
- Silver: cast and engraved
- Dimensions:
- 4 1/4 × 1 1/2 × 1 in. (10.8 × 3.8 × 2.5 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Rachel and Amnon Cohen in honor of their children Shinhave and Yonatan
- Accession Number:
- 1998-53
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In Afghanistan and Iran, gifts like this container for eyeliner were offered to unmarried Jewish girls by their families as they prepared their dowries.
Information may change as a result of ongoing research.