Inventory | Ethnography | Arriccia capelli
- Common name
- Hair curler
- Type
- Accessory
- Material
- iron
Description
The tool was used to create curls in the hair. It was a manual iron, heated over the fire, typical of the domestic aesthetic tradition.
Use
- Areas of use
- economy and domestic rituals
- Specific use
- accessories
- Craft
- domestic use
Preserved specimen
Iron tool consisting of four iron rods crossed and pivoted in the middle. The lower two parts are covered with a rounded handle, the upper two presented a slightly concave asurface on the inside and are flared at the tip.
Cataloging
- SIRBeC
- 7s020-00475
