The nimph with tongs? pincers? (f80r)

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I've been assuming that the caliper-like item she's holding is one item (connected at the top), mostly from the way she's holding it (it looks like she's holding one arm and the other one hangs as it does because it's attached). But just in case it's two, this strange appliance might be of interest...

It's called a strigil and was a bathing accessory (for scraping dirt and oils off the body).

This one is on a chain (perhaps for hanging it in a bath-house), but they were not always attached to a chain. Unlike calipers, the two points don't face each other, so it may not be a good candidate for the VMS implement, but I thought it worth mentioning...



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