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Mask, Funerary, Electrotype

Death mask replica, "Agamemnon"

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

Production Primary Date:
Early 20th Century

Provenance Place:
Mycenae, Argolis, Peloponnisos, Greece

E75.10

Details

Production Date
Early 20th Century
Credit Line
Association of Friends of the Otago Museum; Otago Museum Collection
Department
Decorative Art, Archaeology
Accession Number
E75.10
On Display
Yes

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