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Strigil
Italic, Etruscan
Hellenistic Period
3rd century B.C.
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Length: 22 cm (8 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912
Accession Number13.2872a
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Recreational
DescriptionPreserved. Remains of gilding. Complete. When found it was hanging from the nail 13.2872b. See 13.2860.
ProvenanceAbout 1879, discovered on property belonging to the Count Lucioli, Chiusi, Italy (one of a group of objects said to have been found together in a tomb near Chiusi, probably in the Colle Lucioli just east of Chiusi, MFA 13.2860-13.2901, 13.6077-6081). By 1913: with Raoul Tolentino, 57 Via Sistina, Rome; purchased by MFA from Raoul Tolentino, November 6, 1913