8. Pendant: Standing Female Figure (Kore) Condition Upon acquisition by the museum, the piece (which had been broken at the waist and reglued) was cleaned mechanically and treated with an amber-oil distillate. The treatment resulted in improved translucency and slight darkening. There are pinpoint losses over all the surface and small breaks along the proper right side, on the veil, the right breast, and the right arm from elbow to hand; and along the left side, on a section of the veil and the upper torso below the breast and below the left elbow. There are also breaks on the stephane, or crown, and at the proper right of the flange. The bottom of the figure from the lower hem area to the feet is missing. There is a hairline crack around the neck and shoulders. Two small spalls on the reverse reveal unweathered amber. In ambient light, this pendant has a uniform dark orange- red translucency, and in transmitted light, a bright orange-red color. There are no visible inclusions. Description The amber has not been chemically analyzed, but its appearance is consistent with Baltic amber. The object is flat on the reverse and concave on the obverse, suggesting the form of the piece of amber from which it was worked, but there are no depressions or grooves. The lack of Accession 76.AO.77 visible inclusions and flow lines suggests that it was Number carved from amber formed inside a trunk. The flange at the top of the head is drilled from both lateral sides Culture Etruscan toward the center for the insertion of a carrier. Under Date 525–500 B.C. strong light, the two borings are distinguishable. Some areas preserve the multidirectional scratches caused by Dimensions Height: 67 mm; width: 20 mm; depth: 9 mm; the use of a fine abrasive: between the arm and the Diameter of suspension holes: 2 mm; length: 9 bodice, on the long folds of the garment, and at the mm; Weight: 6 g juncture of face and hair. Subjects Artemis; Childbirth; Egypt; Fertility; Ionia, The figure wears a chiton with belt, a veil, a crown, and Greece (also Ionian, Greek); Magic bodice jewelry. She holds the chiton skirt in both hands and poses with her left leg slightly in front of her right. Provenance Her face is a full oval, the brow smooth. The smallish, narrow eye sockets are shallow and empty and likely held –1976, Gordon McLendon (Dallas, TX), donated to the J. inlays. The nose is indented slightly at the root and is set Paul Getty Museum, 1976. at a low angle relative to the forehead and chin. The cheeks are flattish and full. The mouth, formed in a half 137