Shaped Like a Pig
The exhibition at the Allard Pierson Museum, which has a light and playful tone, starts off with infancy. The items on display include earthenware pebble rattles dating back 2,500 years. One takes the shape of a child's cot with a naked baby inside. Other rattles from Cyprus take the form of a pig and a rooster. Remarkably modern in appearance are the clay breastpumps from the fifth century BC. All a mother had to do was fill the pump with her milk, remove it from the breast, turn it round, et voila: a ready-to-use baby's bottle.
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