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        "tombstone": "Palette in the Form of a Turtle, c. 3500\u20133050 BCE. Egypt, Predynastic (5000\u20132950 BCE), Naqada IIa\u2013IIIa (3650\u20133000 BCE). Graywacke; overall: 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1989.47",
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        "title": "Palette in the Form of a Turtle",
        "creation_date": "c. 3500\u20133050 BCE",
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        "technique": "graywacke",
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        "department": "Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art",
        "collection": "Egypt - Predynastic",
        "type": "Tools and Equipment",
        "measurements": "Overall: 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in.)",
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                    "id": 310333,
                    "title": "The Year in Review for 1989",
                    "description": "<i>The Year in Review for 1989</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 6-April 15, 1990).",
                    "opening_date": "1990-02-06T05:00:00"
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                    "description": "CMA 1990, no. 6, illus. p. 66",
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        "did_you_know": "This is an ancient makeup palette used to blend and apply cosmetics.",
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        "description": "Stone palettes were used for grinding eyepaint worn by men and women alike for cosmetic purposes and to protect against sun glare and eye infections. There were two types of eyepaint: green, made from malachite (copper ore), and black, made from galena (lead ore). Small quantities of ore are sometimes found in graves alongside the palettes.",
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                "citation": "E. H. T. \u201cThe Year in Review: Selections 1989.\u201d <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 77, no. 2 (February 1990): 38\u201378.",
                "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 66, no. 6",
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                "citation": "Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Boha\u010d.<em> Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999",
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