Amber as Jewellery, Status Symbol and Work of Art

Abstract

The paper presents a Late Archaic Italic amber head from the collections of the National Museum in Prague, with some brief notes on the amber routes, and role of amber in exchange of keimelia, wedding gifts and antidorons. The studied head is compared with stylistic particularities of heads and figurines, from fine Ionian oeuvres to cruder Italic and Etruscan varieties.

Keywords

• Amber
• trade
• beads
• heads and figurines