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pendant

Object NameGrotesque Head Pendant

Made FromGlass

Date650-400 BCE

Place Madepossibly Carthage

TechniqueCore-formed, trailed, tooled

SizeOverall L: 2.2 cm

Accession Number76.1.15

Credit LineGift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

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Physical DescriptionTranslucent turquoise glass, pitted with thin iridescent film of surface, applied trails of translucent deep blue and opaque white glass; core-formed with trailed and tooled decoration. Pendant bead in the shape of a fantastic animal head, triangular in general form with tooled and flattened horizontal beak, thick trails of blue arch up from beak to form eyebrows framing bulging white eyes with large blue centers; suspension ring on back of head, ears broken away from back of head.
Provenance

Source Derek Content - 1976-01-01

Source Carl Sandler Berkowitz - 1976-01-01

Former Collection Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982)