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Maya textiles (k’apak) are the clothing and other textile arts of the Maya peoples, indigenous peoples of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Belize. Women have traditionally created textiles in Maya society , and textiles were a significant form of ancient Maya art and religious beliefs .
This category is for articles concerning the clothing and costume traditional to the pre-Columbian Maya, and the contemporary Maya peoples. Pages in category "Maya clothing" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
The garment is common among the various Mayan groups. For Mayan women in Guatemala, huipil designs on the front back and shoulders can identify which type of Maya and from what community. [8] Mayan ceremonial huipils are worn only by the statues of saints and the wives of religious officials. [3]
This category is for articles concerning the traditional clothing styles, costume, textiles, garments etc. of historical Mesoamerican cultures and their contemporary indigenous peoples. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Ichcahuipilli armor was a lightweight, multifunctional garment worn on the torso of the warrior, designed to provide blunt-force trauma protection against clubs and batons, slash protection from obsidian macuahuitl, and projectile protection from arrows and atlatl darts. [3]
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The social, and political rank of ancient Maya women is increasingly debated in archeological studies into the role of gender. To date, lines of evidence are based chiefly on an investigation of material culture (e.g. monumental sculpture and iconography, ceramic art), use of space (residential architecture and activity analysis, and, to a ...
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