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Tūhura's Birthday Party
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David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Antiquities
The Alabastron or cylindrical jar is a Mycenaean form adapted from Minoan Crete. Cyprus. Late Helladic period.
Shallow handled cup. Mycenae. Late Helladic period.
Wine jar (amphora). One side depicts a family farewelling a warrior and the other side shows a boy learning to ride. Painted in a style similar to that attributed to an artist now known as the Princeton Painter. Approximately 550 BC.
Statuette of a pharaoh from the New Kingdom. Approximately 600 BC.
Athenian one handled jug (lekythos) showing Aeneas carrying Anchises from Troy., Early 5th century BC.
Cup from Mochlos in Crete. Middle Minoan period. 2000-1600 BC.
Cups. Knossos, Crete. Late Minoan period. 1650-1500 BC
Pixis (Jewellery or cosmetic box) and lid. Hagia Triada, Crete. Late Minoan period. 1650-1500 BC
False-necked or stirrup jar. Crete. Late Minoan period. 1650-1500 BC
Oil-flask (aryballos). The fine bands of glaze on the body are similar to designs on Corinthian Geometric pottery, but the decoration on the lip-plate shows the new oriental influences. Late 8th century BC
Oil-flask (arybalos) from Crete. The lip-plate has been broken off and lost. The cross-hatched triangles painted on the shoulder were a feature of oil-flasks for nearly two centuries after 900 BC. 745-715 BC
