The stores of clothing, etc., were kept in a very small room provided with a stout wooden door with a =bolt-lock= and =key= of simple pattern. (For examples of bolts and keys, see Wall-cases Nos. 180, 181, in the Fourth Egyptian Room.) The mistress of the house usually possessed a small strong =box= in which she kept jewellery, ornaments, and amulets, and perhaps also her toilet requisites; in some cases the latter were kept in a special =toilet box=, which held =eye-paint= (stibium, or antimony, koḥl), =comb=, =hair-tweezers=, =pumice-stone=, =unguents= and =pomades=, both scented and plain. (See Standard-case L in the Fourth Egyptian Room.) =Kitchen utensils= were comparatively few in number. Fresh and sour milk (or curds), soft cheese, sheep-fat, etc., were kept in earthenware pots, some of which were undoubtedly glazed; bowls made of earthenware or gourds were common, as were large open saucers. The =cooking pots= were usually of earthenware, or, among well-to-do people, of metal. =Knives= made of flint, stone, or metal, were common, and rough flesh =forks=; in the later period =spoons= were used. =Plates=, in the modern sense of the word, were unknown; the thick bread-cake served as a plate for those who squatted round the bowl of cooked vegetables with pieces of meat on the top, and the thin flat cake was frequently used as a napkin. A stone =corn-grinder= and a =kneading-stone= were found in every house. The stock of grain for the family was kept in large earthenware jars, or in a kind of bin made of mud. Every house contained a =figure of the god= under whose protection the family lived, and to this adoration was offered at regular intervals; it took part in the family-councils, its lot was bound up with that of the family, and it prevented wandering spirits of evil disposition from entering the house. There being no =chimney= to the house, the =fire= was lit wherever it was most convenient, and the smoke went out through the roof and the aperture in the wall which served as a window. The =fuel= was animal dung, and such refuse from the straw as could not be eaten by the cow or goat of the house, and, occasionally, pieces of wood. As =matches= were unknown, care was taken to keep a small amount of fuel smouldering under the ashes, so that whenever it was necessary to boil lentils, etc., the fire could be revived; if the fire was out, recourse was had to the striking of =flints=, or to some neighbour, or to the temple fire. In primitive times the Egyptians seem to have used a =fire-stick=, like some of the tribes of Central Africa.