"Bronze Strigile"
Used by Etruscan athletes to clean their body after covering it with oil, it is composed of a handle (handle) called clausulæ, into which the fingers of the hand (slightly deserti) could be inserted in order to be able to scrape and recover the oil using the concave blade and rolled up at its end.Old collection label.
Three unidentified punches on the clause.
Provenance: former Parisian French collection.
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