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EXAMPLES OF PSEUDO ANTIQUITIES I, 
GUATEMALAN POTTERY. 
It is Well that museum curators and collectors 
of antiquities generally should have their attention 
called frequently and emphatically to the fact that 
nearly all classes of antiquities and objects of art 
which have any considerable artistic value or scientific 
interest are liable to be copied or imitated and placed 
on sale as bona fide works of past times. ‘The tourist, 
if he could be reached, should also be warned of an 
dangers since he is usually an easy victim of the 
fraudulent practices, Generally he has little know- 
ledge of the characteristics of the original works 
and less of the prevalence of imitations and fraud~+ 
ulent productions. As bric-a-brac the copies of 
real antiquities and even the curious inventions 
