19. Pendant: Female Head The surface is chipped and flaking, with many minute losses. The outermost, brown alteration layer is flaking; the layer below is more compact and stable. Opaque and yellow-brown in ambient light, the pendant is translucent and dark orange in transmitted illumination. There are no visible inclusions. Description The pendant was carved from a lobed piece of amber. One section was used for the face, and a small spur for a section of the neck—this is located to the back of the mouth. A third lobe, at the back of the head and flangelike in shape, is plausibly a wing. It does not have any engraved lines. 83.AO.202.5 represents the head and a section of the neck of a female. Although the piece is fragmentary, it is evident that the head was wide across the brow and tapered at the chin, much like that of 83.AO.202.4 (cat. no. 18). The left eye and the bridge of the nose are broken off. The nose was clearly triangular in form, although much of it is missing. The upper lip area is short. The mouth is almost straight, but the bottom lip turns up slightly. The engraved line that separates the lips is curved upward slightly in a smile. The sulcus is short and shallow, and the Accession 83.AO.202.5 chin wide and full, with a prominent chin boss. Above the Number brow is a fringe of bangs, the strands marked by vertical Culture Italic striations. Behind the bangs is a smooth, rounded-top cap. The two engraved lines separating the hair from the hat Date 425–400 B.C. depict the rim, which is either a flat turnup or a rounded Dimensions Height: 29 mm; width: 38 mm; depth: 14 mm; roll-up. Diameter of suspension hole: 2 mm; Weight: The suspension perforation runs through the top of the 10.5 g head. When worn, the head would have been seen in Provenance profile to the left, the forehead tilted forward, casting the eyes downward. –1983, Antike Kunst Palladion (Basel, Switzerland); 1983, Discussion Vasek Polak, 1914–97 (Hermosa Beach, CA), donated to the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1983. From the front, the lips, mouth, and chin resemble those of two heads, one from Tomb 164 and one from Tomb 428 Condition at Banzi.1 The lower part of the face bears a familial likeness to a seated figure from Tolve.2 For further The pendant is in poor condition, and most detailed discussion, see 83.AO.202.4. features are lost. The nose and the left eye are broken off. 183