Walter F. Morris Jr. (1953-2019) was an American cultural preservationist.

Life

He is coordinator of Mexican initiatives the NGO Aid to Artisans, based in Hartford, Connecticut. He is a member of the Board of the Pellizzi Collection of Textiles of Chiapas. He is a research associate at the

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. He is program coordinator for lead-free pottery of the

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Awards

* 1983 MacArthur Fellows Program * 1988

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with Jeffrey Jay Foxx

Works

* ''The weaving and folk art of Chiapas, Mexico'', Publicaciones Pokok, 1979 * "Maya Time Warps", ''Archaeology 39'' No. 3 1986 *

References

External links

* https://www.macfound.org/fellows/192/ * http://mayaexploration.com/staff_morris.php * https://thrumsbooks.com/meet-the-author-chip-morris-8/ * http://oaxacaculture.com/2019/10/the-passing-of-walter-chip-morris-chiapas-textile-icon/ * https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/fallece-en-chiapas-walter-chip-morris-jr-investigador-de-la-cultura-maya {{DEFAULTSORT:Morris, Walter F. Jr. Living people MacArthur Fellows 1953 births