Bronze lunate razor
Unknown Artist
Objects resembling this one have often been found in male burials throughout Italy. They were perhaps used to trim hair rather than to shave beards. The small perforated appendage, a frequent feature on these crescent-shaped razors, allowed them to be suspended from a fibula.
Credit: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan P. Rosen, 1991
9th–8th century B.C.
Bronze
11.2 x 11.2cm
1991.171.2
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018
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