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 Golden Masks. 241 and uncouth mask of all is one of three discovered in the fourth grave (Fig. 364). Our drawing shows it exactly as it was when taken out of the ground, e.g. flattened out of all shape by the superincumbent earth and stones ; but though the mask itself is now touched up and restored,' it has lost none of its air of brute Fio. 364. — Gotd mask. About three-e^htha ot actual siic savagery. The eyes are like two very prominent round balls ; and as they are surrounded by sharp edges, they give the im- pression of being wide open. The hand that modelled this plate was as yet unacquainted with the use of the point to complete the work of the hammer and chisel. It is therefore probable that the lines marking the closed lids were omitted through lack of skill. • Schuchardt has figured it in its restored state.