Archaic Greek Bronze Strigil (Stlengis) ancestralmask during peat cutting

during peat cutting

Religious practice centers on communication with ancestral spirits

a form of commodity money cast primarily in bronze or copper throughout West Africa

while the outer sides are accented with two hastily drawn circular motifs

edited by Margot Blum Schevill

Archaic Greek Bronze Strigil (Stlengis) ancestralmask during peat cuttingArchaic Greece, c. 500400 BC, Corinth, Greece A rare and beautifully preserved example of a bronze strigil, this elegant bathing implement is formed from hammered bronze into a distinctive zigzag handle terminating in a sharp, leaf shaped blade. The tool retains traces of an oval manufacturers stamp on the upper portion of the handle, showing a bearded, dancing male figure in relieflikely a satyrnow softly worn through age and corrosion. An