ID: 700006522 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006522	Record Type: Movable Work

Pendant: Head of a Female Divinity or Sphinx (pendant (jewelry); Unknown Etruscan (Etruscan Artist); 550 - 520 BCE; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles...; 76.AO.79)

Note: This pendant is carved to represent the frontal face of a female with narrow eyes and large nose and lips.

Titles:

Pendant: Head of a Female Divinity or Sphinx (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)

Carved Pendant: Face of a Girl (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

pendant (jewelry) [300046002] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Costume (hierarchy name), costume (mode of fashion), costume accessories, worn costume accessories, jewelry, <jewelry by form>)

Classifications:

jewelry / ornament (preferred)

Creation Date: 550 - 520 BCE

Creator Display:

Unknown Etruscan (Etruscan Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

unknown Etruscan (Etruscan cultural designation) [500125265]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500125181] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 76.AO.79

Credit Line: Gift of Gordon McLendon

Other: Creation: Taranto [7004100] (Geographic)

Display Materials: Amber

	amber (fossil resin) [300012934]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, organic material, resin (organic material), fossil resin)

	carving (processes) [300053149]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <subtractive processes and techniques>, <carving and carving techniques>)

Dimensions: Object: H: 34.5 x W: 24 x D: 16 mm (1 3/8 x 15/16 x 5/8 in.); Object: Weight: 7.7 g (0.017 lb.)

Cultures:

Etruscan (preferred)

General Subject:

ornament (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	sphinxes [300375739]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), legendary beings) (AAT)

	female [300189557]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), scientific concepts, biological concepts, sex (biological characteristic)) (AAT)

	head (animal or human component) [300375054]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, biological components, animal components) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Pendant: Head of a Female Divinity or Sphinx	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Carved Pendant: Face of a Girl	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [JPGM]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)