2. What did the Mayan women wear?
The Mayan women wore loose dresses almost like
sacks.The women wove the dresses themselves.
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3. What did the
Mayan men wear?
Mayan men wore cotton shirts with embroidery.
Sometimes Mayan men wore tunics that the woman
wove for them.The men also wore ex which is loincloth.
It covers as much as a small bathing suit.
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4. What were the typical Mayan textiles?
The typical Mayan textiles were cotton.They would
weave the cotton with a special board called a weaving
board.
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5. What were the typical Mayan designs?
The typical Mayan designs were usually objects in
nature for example: toads, flowers, and,corn.
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6. What were some of the Mayans ideals of beauty?
The Mayans ideals of beauty were much different from
ours.
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7. Gold and jade were worn by the Mayan in bead
earrings and ear spools.
They even pierced their arms and chest.
For special events they would paint their
bodies and their teeth.
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8. The Mayans considered crossed eyes beautiful.
The Mayan dangled a object in front of babies to
make them cross eyed.
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9. The Mayan also considered corn-shaped heads
beautiful.
The would Mayas would tie boards to newborn babies’
heads and that would slant the forehead back. They
admired a forehead that was sloped back.
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10. Bibliography
http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/elmer/infocentral/frameset/civilizations/maya/daily/index.html
http://www.mayankids.com/mmkpeople/textiles.htm
http://www.mayankids.com/mmkpeople/mkbeauty.htm
http://www.mayanindians.com/mayan-weavers.html
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