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Golden Masks. 243 the eyelids, and the abnormal distance which intervenes between the ear and the external angle of the eye. A very similar mask to this, though inferior from an artistic standpoint, was found in the fifth grave, which contained three corpses and two masks ; save that here the nose is shorter and the Fig. 366.— Gold ra»sk. About half-size. ears somewhat less objectionable.' The eyes are on a plane and set close together ; the nose long and well shaped ; the mouth of moderate size, with thin lips ; the mastoid process is in its place, and the roundness of the chin frankly indicated, under the soft broad masses of the beard, which are rendered by hatchings ; so > This mask was also restored ; it will be found much better reproduced in Schuchardt than in Schliemann's book.