​Walter F. Morris Jr. 

Thirty years ago, with the financial support of anthropologist Francesco Pellizzi, I began collecting and studying costumes from every Maya community in Chiapas. Five years ago I decided  to make another definitive collection of contemporary textiles from every community included in the Pellizzi Collection. This new collection, when compared to the first, provides a clear physical document of cultural change. Usually cultural change implies tragic loss. In this case, current weavings demonstrate an increasing complexity of cultural expression.