Object type
straight pin
Culture/period
Roman world
Materials
bone
Technique
turning, incising
Mint
Production date
1 / 100
Museum
Museu de Badalona
Current location
Exposició permanent
Archaeological site
Ciutat romana de Baetulo.
Township
Badalona (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Barcelona, Barcelonès)
Dimensions
11,5 x 0,3 cm
Description
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Hairpin or acus crinalis with a part that represents a nude female figure that is very simple and stylized in its execution, but very effective decoratively. Although it has a rough and archaic point and the face is poorly defined, the incisions define the body better.
The figure rests on a pedestal that separates the handle from the hairpin. The back of the figure is very little worked and does not have much relief.
Rather than the representation of a woman, it would seem that it is a small sculpture of Venus combing or holding her hair, in a scene of feminine hygiene, a very recurrent theme in the pieces of the dressing table of a Roman domina.
This type of hairpin was used to decorate and hold the updo or bun of the hairstyle. A hairpin almost identical to this one was found in Pompeii.
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Omeka ID
1900