From Adabrock, Lewis, Outer Hebrides
This bronze razor was found at Adabrock on Lewis in the Outer Hebrides in a hoard of tools, weapons, vessel fragments and beads. The hoard was buried between 950 and 750 BC, almost certainly a gift to the gods.
The razor is of a type known as a bifid razor, having two blades, one on either side. It is notched and perforated which allowed the razor to be suspended, to show off this prestigious possession.
Bronze razors were used as prestige shaving gear from the second millennium BC onwards.
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