Ear spoon

Historical ear spoon made of silver

Metal ear spoons

Bamboo ear spoon

Ear spoons are spoon-like cutlery for cleaning the ears, a type of curette .

In earlier times they were often used as toilet utensils with small tweezers connected to a small ring.

Ear spoons have been proven by finds since the Bronze Age . In Great Britain there are finds from Roman times as well as Anglo-Saxon ear spoons from the 9th century. Ear spoons from the time of the Vikings are known in Scandinavia .

In Dithmarscher Landesmuseum a silver cutlery cylinders with rack hooks and ear spoon from the period are on display at the 1600th

See also

• Ear wax

A traditional Japanese hairpin ear cleaner (mimikaki kanzashi)

A modern Japanese hairpin ear cleaner (mimikaki kanzashi)

A historical toilet set made of bronze with an ear spoon and tweezers

Swiss toilet set made of bronze with tweezers, ear spoons and nail cleaner; probably worn on a Chatelaine pendant

An Ethiopian cylindrical ear spoon with fluting, worn on a necklace

An Ethiopian silver ear spoon in the shape of a cross

literature

• Tweezers. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde . Verlag Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, ISBN 3-11-017219-4 .

Web links

Commons : Ear picks  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Ear cleaning in Agra , India on YouTube
• Ear cleaning in Asia on YouTube

Footnotes

1. ↑ Silver EAR SCOOP . In: The British Museum (Ed.): Portable Antiques Scheme . August.
2. ↑ Cast EAR SCOOP . In: The British Museum (Ed.): Portable Antiques Scheme . August.
3. ^ Anglo-Saxon Art in the Round: Animal Art . In: University of Cambridge (Ed.): Fitzwilliam Museum . August.
4. ^ Kirsten Wolf: Daily life of the Vikings . Greenwood, 2004, ISBN 0-313-32269-4 , p.  76 .
5. ^ Eve D'Ambra: Roman Women . Cambridge University Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-521-81839-1 , pp. 116-17.