Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history; . ah (c, figure 121, after Stephens). See the standing figure on the bas-relief in Stephenss Central America, n. 26. Thebelt there has the same decoration as in the above figure of a priest in the collection. SCHELLHASj DRESS OF LOWER PART OF BODY 609 The often-mentioned belt is also frequently seen on the reliefs;both on the temple walls at Palenqiie and in the statues at Copanthis article of dress occurs, frequently combined with an apron, as inthe Maya codices. A cotton strip of a hands breadth, such as Landa describes
Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history; . ah (c, figure 121, after Stephens). See the standing figure on the bas-relief in Stephenss Central America, n. 26. Thebelt there has the same decoration as in the above figure of a priest in the collection. SCHELLHASj DRESS OF LOWER PART OF BODY 609 The often-mentioned belt is also frequently seen on the reliefs;both on the temple walls at Palenqiie and in the statues at Copanthis article of dress occurs, frequently combined with an apron, as inthe Maya codices. A cotton strip of a hands breadth, such as Landa describes, andas imdoubtedly occurs in the manuscripts, is scarcely to be foundamong the figures in the Yucatan collection, but, on the other hand,there is a very similar article of dress, that is, a wide loin clothwound round the hips of the form, seen in a, c, figure 122. In the manuscripts this loin cloth sometimes so completely coversthe legs of the sitting figures that it looks as if the figure wore trous-ers, bragas y calcas \ according to Landa (see e and /i, figure 120).. / g Fig. 122. Dress of females, from Dresden codex and monuments. As a rule the lower j^art of the l>ody of the cla}^ images is verysuperficially executed, so that we often can hardly tell how it isdressed. For women. According to Landa (see above), the Maya womenwore a skirt from the hips down. Cogolludo says the same, andaccording to him this garment was called pic In this respect all the illustrations agree. In the codices, on thereliefs, and in the Yucatan collection such a skirt forms a part of the See the dress of the fisjure of a priest on two reliefs at Palenque ; the well knownrepresentation of the cross and the relief in casa n. 3, after Stephens. There, too, itconsists of a wide cloth. Tic in Maya is fustan (fustian petticoat), according to Beltran de Santa Rosa Maria,Arte del Idioma Maya. 7238—No. 28—05 39 610 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 28 womens usual attire. The representations at
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