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A GARNET AFRICAN/ROMAN HEAD FIGURE 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
A GARNET AFRICAN/ROMAN HEAD FIGURE 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C. Height: Literature: This type of African head garnet pendants originates from Greece, and most date from the 2nd-1st century B.C. For example, a pair of earrings in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, acc. no. 57.1562-3. This finely-carved example, however, dates to the Roman period.
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A GARNET AFRICAN/ROMAN HEAD FIGURE 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.