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with several illustrations of drawings, statuettes, and bas-reliefs, 

 showing early man as drawn or sculptured by the ancient man him- 

 self ; and (e) a remarkable series of ten large busts, prepared by the 

 eminent Belgian sculptor, M. Mascre, under the direction of Prof. 

 Rutot, representing early man at different periods of his physical 

 advancement. 



The main part of the exhibits in room No. 2, devoted to man's 

 development at the present time, from the ovum onward, are three 



Fig. 55. — Five of the Mascre-Rutot busts in the anthropological exhibits at 



San Diego. 



series of true-to-nature busts, showing by definite age-stages, from 

 birth onward and in both sexes, the three principal races of this 

 country, namely, the "thoroughbred" white American (for at least 

 three generations in this continent on each parental side), the Indian, 

 and the full-blood American negro. These series, which required 

 two and one-half years of strenuous preparation, form a unique 

 exhibit, for nothing of similar nature has ever been attempted in this 

 or any other country. Each set consists of 30 busts, 15 males and 

 15 females, and proceeds from infants at or within a few days after 

 birth, to the oldest persons that could be found. The oldest negro 

 woman is 114. After the new born, the stages are 9 months, 3 years, 



