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Italic Pendant: winged female head

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Summary

A head, probably female, appears in profile with five large perforations in a roughly circular pattern.

Classical

Much valued from antiquity to the present as a gemstone, amber is made into a variety of decorative objects. Amber is used in jewelry and has been used as a healing agent in folk medicine. There are five classes of amber, defined on the basis of their chemical constituents. Because it originates as a soft, sticky tree resin, amber sometimes contains animal and plant material as inclusions.

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amber fragments resin miscellaneous amber italic classical pendant head 3d object female portrait metropolitan museum of art
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Date

0000
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in collections

Amber

Is fossilized tree resin that has been appreciated for its color and natural beauty since Neolithic times.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
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http://www.metmuseum.org/
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Public Domain Dedication (CC0)

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amber fragments resin miscellaneous amber italic classical pendant head 3d object female portrait metropolitan museum of art