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© Museu de Badalona
Omeka ID 1900
Ciutat romana de Baetulo.
Roman world

hair pin with representation of Venus

MB 3713

Object type
straight pin
Production date
1 / 100
Fabric
-
Museum
Museu de Badalona
Culture
Roman world
Discovery location
Ciutat romana de Baetulo.
Materials
bone
Township
Badalona (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Barcelona, Barcelonès)
Technique
turning, incising
Where is it?
Exposició permanent
Dimensions
11,5 x 0,3 cm
Description
Hairpin or acus crinalis with a part that represents a nude female figure that is very simple and stylized in its execution, but very effective decoratively. Although it has a rough and archaic point and the face is poorly defined, the incisions define the body better. The figure rests on a pedestal that separates the handle from the hairpin. The back of the figure is very little worked and does not have much relief. Rather than the representation of a woman, it would seem that it is a small sculpture of Venus combing or holding her hair, in a scene of feminine hygiene, a very recurrent theme in the pieces of the dressing table of a Roman domina. This type of hairpin was used to decorate and hold the updo or bun of the hairstyle. A hairpin almost identical to this one was found in Pompeii.

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