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{SPEAKER name="Lisa Chickering"}
The worries of the century seem etched on this puppy's brow. This breed is called a Xoloitzcuintli which in Aztec means "hairless". When the Aztecs disappeared, their pets took refuge in the mountains and somehow a few managed to survive the wilds of time.

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{SPEAKER name="Lisa Chickering"}
Along with prehistoric webbed feet, their completely hairless bodies have a temperature of 104 degrees. Consequently, they were not only the Aztecs's pet, but were used as hot water bottles too.

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{SPEAKER name="Lisa Chickering"}
In all of the world, there only about 130 of these dogs and Nancy Lowenstein has 11 which she'll sell for $800, each.

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{SPEAKER name="Lisa Chickering"}
Now that is expensive, for a hot water bottle. But, it does have moving parts. Fortunately, this breed can now can be seen in real life, as well as in statutes.

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{SPEAKER name="Lisa Chickering"}
Also from the past, a 1500 year old doll has found its way into the sun and into the hands of Annette Nancarrow.

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{SPEAKER name="Lisa Chickering"}
For centuries these fragments and figurines lay buried in the earth.

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{SPEAKER name="Lisa Chickering"}
Then, when Annette was building her home in Mexico City 36 years ago, they were accidentally unearthed -

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{SPEAKER name="Lisa Chickering"}
- and since then working with them and preserving them have become one of her main interests. An authority in archeology and art, she combines the two to create unique jewelry from the time-worn pieces.

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{SPEAKER name="Lisa Chickering"}
[[pause]] Annette received her masters degree in art. And excelling in the field, she did mural paintings with Rivera and Orozco and is an integral part of Mexico's art world.

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{SPEAKER name="Lisa Chickering"}
She said she's always found inspiration for her work, not only in the artifacts of the people of the past, but in the faces of the people of today, such as her housekeeper whose face clearly reflects her pure Mayan background.

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{SPEAKER name="Lisa Chickering"}
Annette lives right in the heart of Mexico City which she says is like living in the heart of yesterday and today.

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{SPEAKER name="Lisa Chickering"}
And today, Mexico City, the capital of this varied nation, is the home for almost 9 million people. Also being the oldest inhabited city in the Western hemisphere, you can stroll from the present into the past, as is dramatically illustrated in the plaza of the 3 cultures.

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{SPEAKER name="Lisa Chickering"}
All in one area, [there] are Aztec ruins in the foreground, the Spanish colonial church in the center, and all surrounded by the modern buildings of today.

Transcription Notes:
https://www.wordnik.com/words/Xoloitzcuintli Annette Nancarrow http://www.wordsandpaint.com/annette-nancarrow/ Both Rivera and Orozco were muralists in Mexico - [[note to previous transcriber: she does say "and."]]