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Mayan Clothing for Women. Mayan clothing for women often included a skirt which was worn with or without a sleeveless, a poncho-like tunic which today is known as “huipil”. The skirts could be either tied with a belt or knotted in place with the “huipil” worn over the skirt.
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.
15 Αυγ 2014 · Maya women wore shift dresses that hung to mid-calf and were adorned by borders around the neck, sleeves and hem. This dress is called ypil (huipil) and is still worn by modern-day Mayas. In ancient times, the ypil often left arms and shoulders bare, anchored with borders above the breasts.
Similar to modern clothing worn by Maya women, ancient Maya textiles were not cut to shape and did not fit snugly to the body but were instead loosely draped around the body. Pic 13: Extract of natural indigo applied to paper (Click on image to enlarge)
Photo by Michael McKelvey, 2017. This catalog displays the variety and artistry of the modern survivals of ancient Maya dress. They illustrate the diversity of local styles expressed in the artists’ choices of fibers, dye colors, fabric texture, decorative patterns, types of attire and manner of wearing them.
Beautiful weaves and vibrant colors, traditional Mayan clothing has been a part of life of the Mayan group from ancient times. They have had a very distinct way of wearing clothes and footwear, which were called huipil for women and overshirt for men.
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.
