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Postclassic Maya cloth fragments from Chiapas
Cloth from Cueva de Chiptic, Chiapas (Mus.Nac.de Antropologia; photo: Athena Review).
Textile
fragments from Precolumbian Maya sites are rare, with most examples
coming from underwater deposits such as in the Cenote of Sacrifice at
Chichén Itzá. Trade goods in a large canoe seen in the Bay Islands of
Honduras in 1502 by Fernando Colón during the 4th Voyage of Columbus
also included costly, handsome cotton mantles, and sleeveless shirts
embroidered and painted in different designs and colors.
These
cloth pieces found in a Postclassic era cave deposit in Chiapas, now in
the Museo Nacional de Antropologia in Mexico City, show
painted designs and use of color comparable to those used in Maya wall
frescoes.
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