Bronze lunate razor, Geometric, 9th–8th century B.C., Italic, Bronze, length 4 7/16in. (11.2cm), Bronzes, 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
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Bronze lunate razor, Geometric, 9th–8th century B.C, Italic, Bronze, length, 4 7/16in, 11.2cm, Bronzes, Objects resembling, male burials, Italy, perhaps, trim hair, shave beards, small perforated, appendage, frequent feature, crescent-shaped razors, allowed, suspended, fibula
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