16. Pendant: Winged Female Head Condition The piece is largely intact, except for a large loss at the top proper right of the pendant. The lateral suspension perforation passes through two fissures and is broken off at the top of the left exit. There is wide-interval cracking and crazing over the entire surface. Degraded amber residue, yellow-ocher in color, covers parts of the surface and is inside the cracks. In ambient light, the piece is opaque and dark reddish brown; in transmitted light, it is translucent and red. There are no visible inclusions. Description This head-pendant of a female figure includes the head and neck, which are contorted and abbreviated to fit the natural shape of the amber blank. The pendant is rounded on the obverse and nearly flat on the reverse, which is undecorated. The composition is asymmetrical: the figure is more deformed on her right side and more naturalistic on her left. The woman’s face is round but relatively lean. The high forehead is flat and smooth, and her brow ridge is modeled. She has full, wide cheekbones, shallow cheeks, and a small, pointed chin. The eyes are small and deep-set, with the orbits plastically rendered. The eyelids are indicated by engraved lines. The outer Accession 77.AO.81.29 corners of the eyes turn up slightly. The nose is indented Number at the bridge, and its tip is missing. The lips curve up slightly; below them is an indentation representing the Culture Etruscan mentolabial sulcus. The area below the chin is flat. The Date 525–480 B.C. junction of the neck is higher than the point of the chin. Dimensions Height: 40 mm; width: 20 mm; depth: 18 mm; The headdress, a conical hat with veil, or perhaps a cloth- Diameter of suspension hole: 6 mm; Weight: 8.7 wrapped hat, sits directly on the forehead and is g separated from the smooth brow by an engraved line. No Subjects Etruscan culture hair shows on the forehead. Four horizontal grooves and a finer horizontal engraved line suggest the layers or wrapping of the headdress. On the upper left side of the Provenance figure’s head is a volute-shaped wing. At the side of the neck is a long, narrow segment of undifferentiated amber, –1977, Gordon McLendon (Dallas, TX), donated to the J. which is set off from the neck by a long groove. It Paul Getty Museum, 1977. probably represents a long, single hank of hair. The suspension perforation is drilled in the upper part of the headdress and is 6 mm in diameter at its widest point. 177