. Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history;. ther work or, possibly, of separate strips of cotton whichare sewn together and lap over one another, any such doubt is pre-cluded here by the fact that the feathers are indicated with perfectdistinctness on one of these figures, by outlines like those of a, fig-ure 124. It is highly probable that these figures also represent priests, butnothing analogous either to them or to the figure first mentioned is tobe found in the manuscripts or on the reliefs. Certain sitting figures in the same collection are equally remark-
. Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history;. ther work or, possibly, of separate strips of cotton whichare sewn together and lap over one another, any such doubt is pre-cluded here by the fact that the feathers are indicated with perfectdistinctness on one of these figures, by outlines like those of a, fig-ure 124. It is highly probable that these figures also represent priests, butnothing analogous either to them or to the figure first mentioned is tobe found in the manuscripts or on the reliefs. Certain sitting figures in the same collection are equally remark-able. The trunk is covered by a mantle without any ornament,which leaves the upper part of the chest bare, and apparently con-sists of nothing else but a large round covering with a hole in the mid-dle through which to put the head (plate xlv, number 3), a ratherprimitive article of dress, which, however, in the sitting figures showsa strong resemblance to the accompanying illustrations from the man-uscripts (c and d, figure 123). It is possible that the singular form of. a b ode Fig. 124. Figures showing dress, feather work, and necklaces. this article of dress is only the result of a lack of artistic skill in themaker of these figures, and that it really represents one of thosecloaks so frequently found in the Maya manuscripts and the Mexicancodices. Andagoya speaks of a similar article of dress in Nicaragua(in Navarretes Coleccion de los viages, etc.). He describes it as asort of cape with a hole for the head, which covered the breast aswell as the upper arm. Otherwise, the upper part of the body is nude as a rule in the fig-ures of the collection as well as in the manuscripts. For women. While Landa states that in many parts of Yucatanthe women wore an upper garment which covered the breast or akind of jacket which was fastened at the waist by a girdle there isnot a single female figure to be found in any of the manuscripts withthe upper part of the body covered,a and even
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