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To the small but select band of Americanists in this country it has always seemed little short of a scandal that the Maudslay Collection of Maya Sculptures, after being on exhibition for a short time at the Victoria and Albert Museum, should have been consigned to store, where it has remained for thirty years. Its rescue and display in the galleries of the British Museum pays a tardy tribute to Dr. A. P. Maudslay's pioneer researches and his enthusiastic efforts to preserve a faithful record of the remarkable artistic skill and culture of the ancient inhabitants of Central America. This collection of casts and originals was made by Dr. Maudslay, entirely at his own expense, between the years 1881 and 1894, when he made no less than seven journeys to Central America, visiting the principal sites in Yucatan, Honduras, and Guatemala.
British Museum. Guide to the Maudslay Collection of Maya Sculptures (Casts and Originals) from Central America.
Pp. 94 + 8 plates. (London: British Museum, 1923.) 1s. 6d. net.
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British Museum Guide to the Maudslay Collection of Maya Sculptures (Casts and Originals) from Central America. Nature 111, 631 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/111631a0
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