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V&A Experience: Massaging Hands with Bath Rasps from Iran
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11m
Watch and listen as curator Fuchsia Hart unboxes a selection of late 17th and early 18th century ceramic bath rasps from Iran.
Follow Fuchsia as she shows us how these luxury self-care objects would have been used in the bathhouse – much like a foot file – to massage and remove dead skin. When handled, the objects create a gentle tinkling noise. Fuschia investigates what might be making the sound, before taking a look at X-rays which reveal what is inside.