Figurine

Object/Artifact

Trimontium Museum

Name/Title

Figurine

Entry/Object ID

TT0114

Description

Bronze 'slave' figurine

Use

This figurine would have been used as decoration

Context

From the personal collection of James Curle.

Collection

Trimontium Trust

Acquisition

Accession

TT0114

Source (if not Accessioned)

B. Linehan

Notes

Donated by B. Linehan 01/11/1991

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Roman

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Figurine

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Statue

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Sculpture

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

figurines

Dimensions

Height

45 mm

Width

24 mm

Depth

11 mm

Material

Bronze

Color

Green, Brown, Gray

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Exhibition

Permanent Exhibition

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition Caption

Label

Like many other antiquarians, Curle developed his own collection of artefacts. He also struck up a personal correspondence with Francis Haverfield, the foremost authority on RomanoBritish archaeology, and other leading Roman scholars of the day throughout Europe. This part of Curle’s private collection includes clippers (in the form of shears) and tweezers for trimming and plucking hair and a small spatula for cosmetics