Tweezers

58-17-111

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 58-17-111
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Imperial Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze
Description

Plain tweezers of U-spring type, made from single rod round in section at spring, flattened for finger-hold along sides, turned inwards at ends in Roman fashion. Tips squared bluntly. Ridged accents where shafts join spring. Good condition; partinated. Could be cleaned.

Length 8.1 cm
Width 1.9 cm
Thickness 0.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Harry B. Wright, 1958

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