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Object NamePendant with Head of Man
Made FromGlass
Date500-400 BCE
Place MadeEastern Mediterranean; Carthage
Techniquecore-formed, trailed, tooled
SizeOverall H: 2 cm
Accession Number66.1.44
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewAncient Gallery
Physical DescriptionTranslucent deep blue, opaque white and opaque yellow glass, bubbly with some pitting, white glass badly weathered; core- formed, trail-decorated and tooled. Small pendant bead in the form of a bearded head, fashioned around a core first of blue glass and tooled to form a beard, the face applied in a mask-like fashion in yellow and the nose tooled from this, the eyes, mouth, jewel on the forehead and ear rings in white, pupils picked out in blue with a decorative horizontal band across the top of blue coiled with opaque white, suspension loop on top is broken away.
Provenance
Source C. Dikran Kelekian - 1966-02-28