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.
Awards
- 1983 MacArthur Fellows Program
- 1988 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award with Jeffrey Jay Foxx
Works
- The weaving and folk art of Chiapas, Mexico, Publicaciones Pokok, 1979
- "Maya Time Warps", Archaeology 39 No. 3 1986
- Walter F. Morris (2000). Living Maya. Photographer Jeffrey Jay Foxx. Harry N. Abrams. ISBN 978-0-8109-2745-2.
References
- "神彩8（中国）有限公司".
- "Living Maya". Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
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