12019-05-08T16:17:50-07:00Emilia Porubcin63ec028064958b3240cc8e4e010f355faa0c8e12332303Used in tandem with a mirror, this decorative hairpin offers yet another material connection between ancient personal practices and those of contemporary society. A luxury item, hairpins were used by wealthy Roman Egyptian women to maintain their elaborate hairstyles. Although many hairpins were straight, some, like this one, were crescent-shaped. Of a type known as an orbis, this piece was meant to be seen, simultaneously showing an Egyptian aesthetic and acting as a status symbol.plain2019-05-14T23:21:30-07:00Excavated by the Egypt Exploration Fund in 1906–1907, acquired by Timothy Hopkins from Fund and donated to Stanford in 1911Emilia Porubcin63ec028064958b3240cc8e4e010f355faa0c8e12