Nail Cleaner

Object/Artifact

Trimontium Museum

Name/Title

Nail Cleaner

Entry/Object ID

TT0109

Description

Bronze nail cleaner with long handle

Use

This nail cleaner would be used to clean underneath a person's nails.

Context

Hygiene was an important part of daily life for the Roman elite, and their cleanliness helped to serve as a symbol of status.

Collection

Trimontium Trust

Acquisition

Accession

TT0109

Source or Donor

B. Linehan

Acquisition Method

Donation

Source (if not Accessioned)

B. Linehan

Notes

Donated by B. Linehan 01/11/1991

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Roman

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Cleaner, Nail

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Tool, Manicure

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Beauty Supplies

Nomenclature Class

Toilet Articles

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

nail cleaners

Dimensions

Width

6 mm

Depth

7 mm

Length

95 mm

Material

Bronze

Color

Brown

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.