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Pyxis

Pyxides were small pots in which women stored their cosmetics, powder or jewellery.

Women used certain plants and types of seaweed as a form of rouge. They would also darken their eyebrows with charcoal, and lighten their skin with a whitener made from lead and vinegar.

On this pyxis you can see a woman standing in the door of her house receiving a visitor.

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