This category includes objects used in personal hygiene, with a case surrounding the instruments.  The instruments include a pointed rod, possibly a khol stick, a lancet, or stiletto, a flattened spatual object, and a pair of tweezers.  These are encased in a metal cone known as a reticule.  

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Object U Number Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) Museum Number (BM Registration Number) Museum Number (UPM B-number) Description (Catalog Card)
8690A (none) (none) B16957 [A] Tweezers and [B] stiletto. Silver. With twisted wire at the top for a ring but this is in both cases missing.
8690B (none) (none) B16957 [A] Tweezers and [B] stiletto. Silver. With twisted wire at the top for a ring but this is in both cases missing.
9127A (none) 1928,1009.365 (none) [A] Copper stiletto and [B] tweezers (imperfect). Originally together on a ring. Type as of the gold example.
9127B (none) (none) (none) [A] Copper stiletto and [B] tweezers (imperfect). Originally together on a ring. Type as of the gold example.
11977A (none) (none) (none) [A] Copper Reticule and [B] silver earring, 2 interlaced coils with lunate ends.
7988B (none) (none) (none) [A] Copper knife. Straigh-sided with square shoulders to a short tang in which was one rivet (broken off: point of knife also broken but present). Oxydised onto the knife blade is a [B] copper reticule of normal type II.
11866B 30-12-303 (none) (none) [A] Copper Knife. 2 blades? (blade broken) Type II, F. attached to it by corrosion is a [B] copper reticule, tip of case missing.
9191C (none) (none) (none) [A] Copper knife, [B] axe, and [C] reticule. All corroded together. Knife straight-sided L. 145mm, W. 43mm; Axe, broken, L. about 210mm; the reticule much broken.
19154D 35-1-506 (none) (none) [A-D] Copper reticules.
19154C 35-1-507 (none) (none) [A-D] Copper reticules.
19154B 35-1-508 (none) (none) [A-D] Copper reticules.
19154A 35-1-509 (none) (none) [A-D] Copper reticules.
8278B (none) (none) (none) [A-C] Copper Reticules. Base broken away in each case. Only A has lip intact. [drawing 1:1]
8278C (none) (none) (none) [A-C] Copper Reticules. Base broken away in each case. Only A has lip intact. [drawing 1:1]
8278A (none) (none) (none) [A-C] Copper Reticules. Base broken away in each case. Only A has lip intact. [drawing] 1:1
17634A 92-4-18 (none) (none) [A-C] 3 kohl pins. Copper. Square with round heads. [drawing 1:1]
17634B (none) (none) (none) [A-C] 3 kohl pins. Copper. Square with round heads. [drawing 1:1]
17634C (none) (none) (none) [A-C] 3 kohl pins. Copper. Square with round heads. [drawing 1:1]
11527A (none) (none) (none) [A-B] Copper Reticule. The [A] instruments and the [B] case separate--the case has its own set inside, and a seond set is corroded on to it.
11527B (none) (none) (none) [A-B] Copper Reticule. The [A] instruments and the [B] case separate--the case has its own set inside, and a seond set is corroded on to it.
14081A (none) (none) (none) [A-B] 2 manicure implements. [A] Copper tweezers & [B] kohl(?) stick. Bound at top with copper wire.
14081B 31-17-254 (none) (none) [A-B] 2 manicure implements. [A] Copper tweezers & [B] kohl(?) stick. Bound at top with copper wire.
11482B (none) (none) (none) Two copper objects. (A) knife blade [drawing] (B) Reticule.
10812C (none) (none) (none) Tomb Group A/ Copper dagger, flat leaf-shaped type B/ Whetstone of dark grey stone octagonal section C/ Copper Toilet set, tweezers and stiletto (imperfect)
9362 47-29-316 (none) B17085 Set of silver toilet instruments, tweezers, knife, and two stilettos suspended from a silver ring. No case was found with set. [card seems to be a replacement]
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