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interest as presenting the ancestral form from which the sepulchral masks of

Mycenae were evolved.
Anticipa- The death-mask, in primitive conception, may either be used to protect the

Mycenae dead ^rom tne malig"n influence of evil spirits, or to shield the living from direct
death- overlooking bv the dead.

masks.

Fig. 69. Gold Jewels of Floral and Foliate Types from E. M. II Tombs,
Mochlos ; Seager (Tomb Numbers Given) (f).

It can hardly be doubted that in these more rudimentary bandages we
have the actual prototypes of the gold death-masks of the Mycenae Shaft
Graves. These, it is true, cover the whole face, as is usual in such cases.
A smaller gold plate, hitherto unpublished, from Grave V/ however, only

1 See Vol. II.