Description
Head pendants like this example have been found in Phoenician settlements in North Africa and the Levant. They may have been made by Phoenician glassmakers or used as trade goods by Phoenician merchants.
Provenance
The Art Institute of Chicago, by 1923.
Accession Number
132072
Medium
Glass, rod-formed technique
Dimensions
1.6 × 0.8 × 0.8 cm (3 × 11 × 11 in.)
Classification
pendant (jewelry)
Credit Line
Gift of Martin A. Ryerson