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In the Greek world, olive oil was basic for skin care. After oil was applied to the body, a strigil was used to scrape the surface of the skin clean. Numerous representations on vases indicate that athletes followed this procedure after exercising. While most examples are of bronze, strigils also exist in silver and glass.
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Title: Bronze strigil (scraper)
Period: Classical
Date: 5th–4th century BCE
Culture: Greek
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: length 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm)
Classification: Bronzes
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1914
Object Number: 14.105.2
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