| type="text/javascript"> | | | | the door. Sisal as well as cotton was planted on a |
| Due to the temperate type of weather of the Maya | | | | large scale, and women were busy with weaving. |
| territory, there hadnât existed a need in | | | | Authorities believe that cotton was cultivated for |
| clothes as defense from the elements. Maya clothes | | | | nobility and clerics. At the same time as the clothing |
| were some sorts of adornment and the most | | | | of the farmers was plain, that of the rich was a |
| amazing clothing was for the cleric. The Maya | | | | great deal brighter and elaborates. Even though their |
| dignitaries wore big earplugs, beads, shields, | | | | garments were thin, the Maya were partial to |
| decorations attached to the mouth, nose, hands, | | | | personal decoration. The masses wore knick-knacks |
| waist, legs were worn for stunning effect. Mayan | | | | of stone, bone, wood, mainly on their faces. For |
| farmersdid not wear much. The male had a plain | | | | nobility, the adornments were made of metal and |
| loincloth or somewhat a band of cloth that was | | | | sometimes jade. Besides, they filed down their teeth |
| winded around their waist. A number of them at least | | | | and at times covered the ones with plates made of |
| had moccasins made of deer skin. The female | | | | what considered to be valuable stones, for example |
| possessed two items of clothing a length of | | | | obsidian, iron pyrites as well as most precious kinds |
| ornamented material with holes made for arms and | | | | of jade. They used paint in a very impressive way on |
| head, well-known as a kub. Male and female used a | | | | their bodies, it could be applied using ceramic slices |
| heavier rectangle of material famous as a manta, | | | | dipped in the pot with the paint. The hues of the |
| that functioned as an overwrap on cool days, and as | | | | paints meant a lot. |
| blanket at night. The manta served as a blind across | | | | |