Strigil

Culture Graeco-Roman

Dateabout 500–300 BCE

Mediumbronze

Dimensions23.5 × 3 × 15 cm (9 1/4 × 1 3/16 × 5 7/8 in.), 4.06 oz (weight)

ClassificationsUtilitarian Objects

Credit LineSarah C. Garver Fund

Terms

bronze

Object number2014.1188

DescriptionBronze. "L"-shaped form. Handle has enlarged squared finial, open slit. Circular section shaft with diagonal lines, becoming flattened at blade. Blade widens & becomes concave where it bends at 90 degree angle to form graceful, recurving tapered tip.
ProvenancePurchased by J.W.Higgins June 5, 1923 from Azeez Khayat, 366 Fifth Ave., New York. Given to the Armory January 8, 1947. Purchased from Higgins Armory, June 2014

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