The nimph with tongs? pincers? (f80r)

[Linda]

Since it has not been pointed out before, might I add that the woman in this picture holds a similar shape: it looks like a hook or sickle.

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Look closely.  It seems the sickle has cut the water or has cut a pipe ?

I took this to be a spoon, perhaps slotted. I forget why. Seems a bit snake like, maybe. Or a comb. I don't understand what is holding it in place, really. I don't see it as the same object though.