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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.
Much of the scholarship on ancient Maya clothing and adornment focuses on the Classic period (A.D. 250–900), when the Maya population grew dramatically, and royal courts, with their...
The most common materials used for ancient Mayan clothing were cotton, bark cloth, and hemp fibre. It has also been suggested that bark cloth was mainly reserved for ritual clothing. Mayans had access to two different types of cotton.
The irreducible minimum of Maya garb was headdress, neck ornament and girdle or loin cloth [Figure 1]. These, in one form or other, are universal; additional capes, skirts, sandals, leg and arm bands appear sporadically.
Maya clothes helped people identify between the richer and the poorer people in Maya society. Textiles were an important part of religious beliefs and art. Women were the traditional weavers in...
The ancient Maya didn’t just wear clothes for protection or comfort; their textiles were a canvas, broadcasting social status and community ties. Geometric shapes woven into the fabric weren’t decoration but signified village identity, especially during special occasions.
Men usually wear a shirt, pants, a hat, and usually a sash or belt. Throughout Mesoamerica, men carry bags made of wool or maguey fiber. Women generally are seen wearing a huipil or blouse, a corte or skirt, and a sash. They also carry a shawl that serves myriad functions.