Tweezers

Object/Artifact

Trimontium Museum

Name/Title

Tweezers

Entry/Object ID

TT0111

Description

Bronze tweezers from the collection of Dr James Curle

Use

Tweezers could be used for both personal ascetics (such as plucking face hair), or picking out a wick from hot wax from a used candle.

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

TT0111

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

Tweezers, Hair

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Remover, Hair

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Hair Care Objects

Nomenclature Class

Toilet Articles

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

hair tweezers

Dimensions

Width

14 mm

Depth

15 mm

Length

82 mm

Material

Bronze

Color

Brown, Green

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.