This Roman gadget was clearly designed to impress

"It's the smaller objects that really speak to you directly as an individual, as a person."

Curator Chris Lightfoot on an early Roman eating implement.

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Throughout 2013, The Met invited curators from across the Museum to each talk about one artwork that changed the way they see the world.

Photography by Anne-Marie Kellen

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