ID: 700006550 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006550	Record Type: Movable Work

Pendant: Hippocamp (pendant (jewelry); Unknown Etruscan (Etruscan Artist); 575 - 550 BCE; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles...; 78.AO.286.1)

Note: Portrait of a youth whose head has been shaved except for two small locks above the forehead and a braid, fastened with a gold pin, on the right side of his head. He wears a plain black necklace from which is suspended a container for amulets. He wears a white tunic with narrow purple clavi, and a pallium that covers his left shoulder.

Titles:

Pendant: Hippocamp (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)

Bead (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>)

beads (pierced objects) [300234006]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by form>)

Classifications:

jewelry / ornament (preferred)

Creation Date: 575 - 550 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: 78.AO.286.1

Credit Line: Gift of Gordon McLendon

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: W: 43 x D: 27 x L: 70mm (1 11/16 x 1 1/16 x 2 3/4 in.); Object: Weight: 39.6 g (0.0873 lb.)

Cultures:

Etruscan (preferred)

General Subject:

ornament (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	creatures [300379697]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), legendary beings) (AAT)

	hippocampi [300380159]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), legendary beings) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Pendant: Hippocamp	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Bead	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

Note:
English	..... [JPGM]