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view as final, I do not seek to have the matter decided in 
haste, and aS a measure of safety refrain from discussing 
the specimen as the work of the Ancient Mayas, as was a 
first intention. It is presented here in order that it. 
may receive such consideration as it goers either as a 
noteworthy example of ancient skill, or as a sreduet of the 
present day intended to deceive. If the work of the masters 
of olden times is now being imitated with such consummaTye 
~skiildtl, it is most (aneeens that the fact should be known 
to collectors of this class of Central American handiwork. 
If indeed this specimen is a fraud, it takes a high ( 
place as such. We observe that it is not Case so skill- 
fully done as to rival the ancient work in design and ex- 
pe aii on: but that it must be regarded as a marvelous ex- 
ample of cunning deception, for it has been broken into a 
number of pieces se together again and with such con- 
summate skill that the fractures are not readily detected. 
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