20. Pendant: Female Head in Profile Condition The pendant is in extremely poor condition. The lower parts of the face (and possibly the neck) are missing. A break, perhaps ancient, starts at the middle of the lower eyelid, and losses include the nose, mouth, and chin. There are many other large losses and chips all over the pendant. The surface is friable, with deeply cracked and pitted weathering layers. A thick yellow-ocher crust covers much of the surface. The pendant is opaque and yellow-brown in ambient light except at the breaks, where the amber is red. In transmitted light, it is translucent and red. There are no observable inclusions. Description This fragmentary pendant represents a female head in profile to the left. On the obverse, the relatively flat piece of amber is figured, and on the reverse, plain. Despite the Accession 83.AO.202.6 condition of the piece, many engraved lines are still Number visible. A large hole in the area of the jaw is likely a Culture Italic stopped bore. Some features remain legible. The brow is wide and smooth. Below this, a large, almond-shaped eye Date 425–400 B.C. is set off by two engraved lines indicating lids. At the top Dimensions Height: 51 mm; width: 51 mm; depth: 15.5 are bangs described with parallel vertical striations. mm; Weight: 23.3 g There is a rounded protrusion at the area of the ear, perhaps an ear and earring. Provenance The two parallel engraved lines at the front of the hat represent the rim of the hat, either a flat turnup or a –1983, Antike Kunst Palladion (Basel, Switzerland); 1983, rounded roll-up. The cap is rounded at the top and more Vasek Polak, 1914–97 (Hermosa Beach, CA), donated to the oblong at its back. J. Paul Getty Museum, 1983. Discussion See83.AO.202.4(cat. no. 18) and 83.AO.202.5 (cat. no. 19). 185