10. Pendant: Head of a Female Divinity or Sphinx Condition The two sections, 76.AO.85.1 and 76.AO.86, were acquired as separate objects by the donor and accessioned as such into the museum. After their entry into the collection, it was discovered that the two joined and composed one object. Before the donor purchased the pieces, they were cleaned to remove dirt and some encrustation. At the museum, the surfaces were treated with an amber-oil distillate, which made both pieces relatively more translucent but also darker. There are no visible inclusions in either section. The front of the face section, 76.AO.85.1, is in fair condition; it is covered with minute cracks and some chips, and the tip of the nose and a section of the right cheek are broken off. The back of the rear section, 76.AO.86, is in good condition. It retains a high polish on the exterior surface but is marked by opaque spots and tiny fissures, and there is a small loss on the left side. The interior surfaces of both sections are in good condition, with the exception of a small chip at the edge of the inside of the back section. Degraded amber is found in the abrasion scratches of both insides. In ambient light, the amber of 76.AO.85.1 is a deep reddish orange; in transmitted light, it is more transparent and a brighter orange. 76.AO.86 is dark red under strong light and almost opaque in ambient light. Accession 76.AO.85.1 and 76.AO.86 Description Number The two parts of the head were joined after being Culture Etruscan accessioned into the collection. When they are joined, the Date 550–525 B.C. frontal aspect is an exaggerated egg-shaped oval, widest across the forehead, curved at the headdress, and almost Dimensions Height: 32 mm; width: 26 mm; depth: (face) 12 pointed at the chin. In side view, the amber is a flattened mm, (back) 5 mm, (joined) 17 mm; Weight: 9 g oval. The wide forehead is arched at the top, with the Subjects Jewelry; Samos, Greece (also Samian, Greek); brow line mirroring the jawline; the chin is small and Sphinx pointed, protruding forward to the level of the zygomatic arches. The under-chin area is cut inward. Positioned so Provenance that the plane of the two joined sections is perpendicular to the ground, the face tilts slightly forward, the forehead –1976, Gordon McLendon (Dallas, TX), donated to the J. is in front, and the chin is regressed toward the neck. In Paul Getty Museum, 1976. this orientation, the eyes appear to be downcast. There is a sharp cessation of the design at the back of the front section. Above the forehead is an ornament, a crown or ornamental band. It is decorated with a pattern of 155