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Once upon a time there was a little newsboy who was very, very poor and he only sold old newspapers because he didn't have enough money for new ones. People didn't by his newspapers because they were all so out of date, and they wanted new newspapers. So the little newsboy never sold any, and every day he accumulated more and more old newspapers. What the little newsboy did was put up a paper recycling plant, and he became a millionaire, bought out all the newspaper businesses and the news agencies, prohibited publishing current news, and thus obliged people to read only news of the past. In the papers on sale today, for example, you'd read that the Zapatistas are about to arrive in Mexico City and that they'll meet with the Villistas there. You can't quite make out the date, but it seems to either 1914 or 1997.

GENE AND INA SCHNELL COLLECTION

This sample of textiles from the Schnell collection is representative of the complex and radiantly colorful huipils, belts and skirts that reflect the significant role textiles play in the life of the Maya.
Huipil from San Antonio
Aguas Calientes, Guatemala
Everyday Huipil from San
Pedro Sacatepequez, Guatemala
Huipil for a fiesta from
Santa Maria de Jesus, Guatemala
Ceremonial Panuelo
from Palin, Guatemala
Cofradia Servilleta from
Chichicastenango, Guatemala

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