Mātai Whaipara Takata

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Electrotype reproduction of gold death mask known as “The Mask of Agamemnon”, Label: “Mask of Agamemnon,” a gold foil death mask from one of the 16th-century BC Shaft Graves at Mycenae (electrotype replica). This mask was one of several excavated from Grave Circle A, but it is unusually detailed by comparison with other masks of the period. Found with the “Cup of Nestor”. Shaft Grave V, Mycenae. Middle Minoan/Helladic period., Original found in excavations at Mycenae by Heinrich Schliemann, Mycenae, Shaft Graves, Grave V, 16th century B, Gift of the Association of Friends of the Otago Museum

Soul house. Models of houses were placed in tombs for use in the afterlife.

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Coffin

Palette

Spear Head

Fragment, Tile

Amulet, Ring

Sherd

Electrotype, Cup

Mask, Funerary, Electrotype

Amulet

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Model, House