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Strigil
This strigil has a broad blade of beaten bronze soldered to a handle of cast bronze. The handle is attached to the blade and loops around the back. It has a broad, flat front and a smaller back. It ends at the front with a plaque in the form of three leaves that is soldered to the blade. In the back is a plaque in the form of one leaf riveted to the front of the handle and the blade. The larger leaf plaque is decorated by lines at its edges, the smaller with two incised loops. The width of the blade suggests that this strigil is Etruscan.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown] (?); Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902 (?), by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1983 | Designed for Use: Ancient Industrial Arts. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1962 | The Arts of Man. Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 10/1/1957 | Treatment | repaired |
| 4/29/1983 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 6/17/1983 | Treatment | cleaned |
Geographies
Italy, Etruria
(Place of Origin)
Greece (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 10 3/8 × max D: 5 1/4 × max W: 1 1/2 in. (26.3 × 13.4 × 3.8 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902 (?)
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
54.169