21. Pendant: Female Head A large modern chip is on the left side of the head, and there are many other, smaller modern losses over the entire surface: these reveal the dark red-brown translucent amber beneath. In ambient light, the pendant is opaque and light yellow-tan; in transmitted light, it is dark red and translucent. There are no visible inclusions. Description This head is worked from a small, flattish piece of amber. There is no indication of a neck. The reverse is uncorked and flat, and the obverse is slightly more rounded and carved. The face covers half of the pendant, while the other half is devoted to the hair and headdress. The face is widest at the eyes, narrower at the top of the head, and tapered at the chin. The brow is flat and smooth. The large, diamond-shaped eyes wrap around the head, extending from the front plane of the face to the sides of the head. The eyeballs themselves bulge slightly. Both top and bottom rims, indicated by narrow fillets, are angular at the midsection. The eyelid fillets taper in slightly at both of the canthi; they meet at the outer corners but not at the inner ones. The apexes of the upper eyelids nearly meet the lowest horizontal section of the headdress. The flat, triangle-shaped nose is set off from the cheeks by Accession 83.AO.202.12 a long groove that continues to the jawline, incorporating Number the nasolabial and mouth angle furrows. The mouth is Culture Italic or Campanian almost straight, with a groove separating the barlike lips. The mentolabial sulcus is also grooved. The small chin Date 500–480 B.C. projects forward to the level of the lips. Above the brow is Dimensions Height: 30 mm; width: 26 mm; depth: 4 mm; a bandlike section of the headdress, composed of three Weight: 2.4 g rounded horizontal sections separated by grooved lines. Above the horizontal sections is a tapered, plain section of Subjects Magic the headdress that is squared off on top. Provenance There is a stopped bore (1 mm in diameter) at the left side of the head, which still contains its plug. A perforation –1983, Antike Kunst Palladion (Basel, Switzerland); 1983, extends laterally across the head at the headdress. When Vasek Polak, 1914–97 (Hermosa Beach, CA), donated to the suspended, the head would have tilted forward, the chin J. Paul Getty Museum, 1983. back. Condition Discussion The pendant is intact but in poor condition, with a friable, This head and 83.AO.202.18 (cat. no. 22) have many flaking surface. The surface has an overall crack network. features in common with 83.AO.202.4 (cat. no. 18), 186