Walter F. Morris Jr. Explained

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 Science Museum of Minnesota.He is program coordinator for lead-free pottery of the United States Agency for International Development.^[1]

Awards

• 1983 MacArthur Fellows Program
• 1988 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award with Jeffrey Jay Foxx^[2]

Works

• The weaving and folk art of Chiapas, Mexico, Publicaciones Pokok, 1979
• "Maya Time Warps", Archaeology 39 No. 3 1986
• Book: Living Maya. Walter F. Morris. Photographer Jeffrey Jay Foxx. Harry N. Abrams. 2000. 978-0-8109-2745-2 .

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 神彩8（中国）有限公司.
2. Web site: Living Maya . Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards . 30 August 2022.