Wig curler

Details

• Title

  Wig curler

• Associated people

  Rupert Leo Scott Bruce-Mitford (1914 - 1994) (excavator)

• Associated place

  Europe › United Kingdom › England › Oxfordshire › Oxford › Oxford City District › Central, South & West area › Broad Street › 35-47 Broad Street (New Bodleian Library) (place of excavation)

• Date

  Historical period (Britain) (AD1000 - 2000)

• Material and technique

  ceramic

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic

• Object type

  toilet/cosmetic equipment › toilet-tool/implement › wig-curler

• Dimensions

  5 cm (length)
  2 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by the Curators of the Bodleian Library.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1937.259

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