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Hair styling tool: E.GA.4581.1943

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Hair styling tool

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Description

Now identified as 'tweezer-razors', by Catharine Roehrig.

Tool used as hair curler or razor. Now identified as 'tweezer-razors', by Catharine Roehrig.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1943) by Gayer-Anderson, R. G. (Major)

Dating

2nd Millennium BC
Circa -2000 BCE - Circa -1001 BCE

Materials used in production

Bronze

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.GA.4581.1943
Primary reference Number: 59032

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 October 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "Hair styling tool" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/59032 Accessed: 2025-12-05 12:15:49

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