JOYCE, T. A. Mexican archæology. An introduction to the archæology of
the Mexican and Mayan civilizations of pre-Spanish America. New York
and London.
In pl. I is reproduced in colors the skull mask, and in pl. XVIII, fig.
1, the knife with handle. Reference to these is made on p. 141.
HOLMES, W. H. Masterpieces of aboriginal American art. II. Mosaic
work, minor examples. _Art and Archæology_, vol. I, no. 3, Washington,
November.
A description (pp. 91-102) of some of the more important specimens of
mosaics, with colored frontispiece and 9 figures.
1915
POGUE, JOSEPH E. The turquoise. A study of its history, mineralogy,
geology, ethnology, archæology, mythology, folklore, and technology.
_Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences_, vol. XII, part II, third
memoir, Washington.
Mexican mosaics are described on pp. 93-97; fig. 4 illustrates the bird
mask in Gotha; pl. 15-17, Mexican mosaics in the British Museum and in
Rome (10 pieces). The Use of Turquois in Mexico and Central America:
Use as Attested by Historical Evidence, pp. 90-92; Use as Attested by
Objects, pp. 93-97.
1921
ARREOLA, JOSÉ MARÍA. Como legítima el Museo Nacional ha adquirido una
pieza falsificada. _El Excelsior_, Mexico, Oct. 20.
Illustrates in this signed newspaper article a stone mask with turquois
mosaic decoration said to have been found in Guerrero. He concludes
that it is fraudulent.
LEHMANN, WALTER. Altmexikanische Kunstgeschichte ein Entwurf in
Umrissen. Band 8 des Orbis Pictus. Weltkunst-Bücherei herausgegeben von
Paul Westheim. Berlin.
In this short study of old Mexican art history Dr. Lehmann illustrates
a number of notable Mexican antiquities. The Xolotl figure in Vienna
is illustrated, front and side views, pl. 7, and the crouching animal
figure in the British Museum is given on pl. 8. He gives brief
descriptions in the description of plates on pp. 22-23.
1922
GAMIO, MANUEL. Una máscara de mosaico falsificada. [A counterfeit
mosaic mask.] _Ethnos_, tomo I, núms. 8-12, pp. 260-264, Mexico, Nov.
1920-Mar. 1921.
Gamio denounces as fraudulent the stone mosaic mask claimed to have
been discovered in Guerrero by Porfirio Aguirre.
MENA, RAMON. La arqueología debe de estar en manos de arqueológicos.
_El Universal_, Mexico, April 2.
In this signed newspaper article Mena defends the authenticity of the
stone mask decorated with turquois mosaic, said to have been found in
Guerrero.
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