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| Keywords: Roman - Razor with Hercules - Walters 712.jpg The handle of this razor now highly corroded is formed by the curving body of a leopard framing Hercules with his lion skin and club Roman men liked to identify themselves with such heroic mythological figures just as women had their toilet articles decorated with images of Venus the goddess of love This piece could also have been a strigil used for scraping sweat and dirt from the skin after exercise or a steam bath century 4 Late Antique bone and iron cm 9 6 1 1 accession number 71 2 38888 Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris by purchase Henry Walters Baltimore date of acquisition unknown by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Early Christian and Byzantine Art Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1947 place of origin Paris France Walters Art Museum license Ancient Roman sculptures in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
