Head Pendant or Bead
Head Pendant or Bead
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean, probably Phoenicia or Carthage
DateLate seventh through fifth centuries BCE
DimensionsLength: 13/16 in. (2 cm); Width: 5/8 in. (1.6 cm); Depth: 9/16 in. (1.4 cm)
MediumRod-formed; tooled and applied features and suspension ring.
ClassificationJewelry
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.354D
Not on View
DescriptionSmall pendant in the likeness of an African, male head. Dark ground (appearing black) with a black face, nose, and vertical suspension ring; opaque yellow lips and horizontal headband; opaque white circular ears and opaque white eyes with black centers. Cylindrical shape.
Published ReferencesGrose, David F., "Ancient Glass," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News 20, 1978, p. 72, fig. 6.
Seefired, Monique, Les pendentifs en verre sure noyau des pays de la Mediterranee antique, Collection de l'Ecole Francaise de Rome, no. 57, Rome, 1982, pp. 87, no. B I 6.
Grose, David F., Early Ancient Glass: Core-Formed, Rod-Formed, and Cast Vessels and Objects from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Roman Empire, 1600 B.C. to A.D. 50, New York, Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, 1989, cat. no. 39, p. 88, repr. (col.) p. 71.
Late 6th - 3rd century BCE
Late 6th-3rd century BCE
Late seventh through fifth centuries BCE
6th through 5th centuries BCE
Sixth through fifth centuries BCE
Late 6th-5th century BCE
Third century BCE
Third century BCE
Third century BCE
Third century BCE
3rd century BCE
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