Clean kit

Reproduction of a bathing kit, this is made up of a ring decorated with four duck heads, two on the closure and two on the sides, from which hangs a strigilum and an ampulla with a tape and a tubular shape whose handles are shaped like a Dolphin.

Strigyl was used in the Greek and Roman world for personal grooming; they scraped the skin that had previously been impregnated with oils to remove dust and dead cells. In this case it is hung, along with a vial, from a large ring that was hung from some part of the body or clothing to make carrying hygiene objects easier. It was the typical bath kit, they carried a vial with oil to place it on the skin and later they used the strigilum to remove it.

First the Etruscans used it, they used it after the wars, and then it passed to the Roman world, expanding its use to the personal hygiene of the general population. Oil was used because soap was not yet known in Roman times.

The strigil was used in the unctuarium or eleothesium, which was located next to the laconicum. If the baths did not have these rooms, it was normal to use the tepidarium since it was a place with a pleasant temperature.

Reproduction of a bath kit found in Pompeii.