I'n'luntiliny skcldi I or I he 

 Maya SculpLurc Croup, por- 

 traying stuneivorking at 

 Milla. This group was made 

 for the 1916 Paiiaina-Cali- 

 Joriiia I )it('r)iatioiial Exposi- 

 tion in San Diego. For many 

 years, a case with these two 

 figures stood near the north 

 end of Hall 23. In notes 

 accompanying this f)re-1915 

 sketch, William Henry 

 Holmes wrote detailed 

 descriptions of the clothing, 

 stone, and tools to be 

 depicted. Copied from an 

 unpublished sketch by 

 Holmes in his '^Random 

 Records. " 



The Maya carvers, constructed f rom the sketch by Holmes. 

 The exhibit was refurbished, as indicated by the large, 

 raised lettering on the back ivall of the case. For many years 



this stood near the north stairs, not far from the entrain 

 the second-floor hall (Hall 23) that was completed by 

 Clifford EiHtns and Betty Meggers. 



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