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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1888. 



HUMAN REPRESENTATIONS. 



Occasioiially, though rarely, specimens of sculpture representing 

 the human face or figure have been found in the United States. Those 

 represented in the cuts are mostly from Mexico, but they will serve as 

 illustrations. In consequence of their rarity and the superior art dis- 

 played, they have been much sought, and tliese with representations of 



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 Human Repeesentations. 



animals have been subjects of fraudulent manufacture. The fortunate 

 finder of such a specimen should take every means possible, by the call- 

 ing of witnesses, identification of the precise locality, the preservation, 

 if possible, of the matrix or bed in which it is found, and by any other 

 means, to preserve the evidences of its authenticity and genuineness. 



