New Acquisitions

Complete adze. Dark green and black pounamu. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground and bruised with sawing marks on proper right side. No differentiation between butt and blade; sides are tapered towards the poll. Bevel is demarcated by a straight line. Cutting edge is curved and sharp. "Long Beach" inscription

Incomplete adze. Blade remaining. Oval. Surface is bruised and flaked. Butt not present. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is rounded, rough and blunt.

Containers for cosmetics or trinkets (pointed pyxides). These containers were suspended by a cord threaded through the two holes in the lid and rim. 9th century BC.

Tankard. The decoration features horses and geometric designs. Late 8th century BC.

Cup (skyphos). Approximately 725 BC.

High-rimmed bowl. This shape first appears about 770 BC amongst pottery attributed to an artist now known as the Dipylon Painter, one of the great artists of this period. The decoration around the rim is not typical of the Dipylon workshop, and suggests another workshop had copied the shape. 750-720 BC

A fragment from a large funerary urn (pedestalled krater). Urns such as this were made to stand on graves. Funerals are usually depicted although battle scenes such as this also appear. Warriors carrying shields, swords and spears are shown in procession. The storklike birds, zigzags and dot-rosettes merely fill in space., Attributed to an artist now known as the Hirschfeld Painter.