A Phoenician Yellow Glass Face Pendant, ca. 3rd - 1st century BCE Sculpture - Terracotta Design elements represent leaf

Design elements represent leaf

The wood can be used to make weapons such as ‘karli’ (boomerangs) and dancing boards for ceremonies

Emu (ankerre)

and male genitalia

A Phoenician Yellow Glass Face Pendant, ca. 3rd - 1st century BCE Sculpture - Terracotta Design elements represent leafMold formed, the tiny glass pendant features a face with protruding nose and wide mouth. Similar examples also feature twisted headbands with hair curls over each ear. Such pendants were made across the Levant. Note: From the Israeli Museum: small head pendants, some possible late Hellenistic date (3rd C BCE). They differ not only stylistically but also technically from the others (listed), as the faces were mold formed with subsequent applied colored