Aztec Priest By 7leipnir Deviantart On Deviantart Astic Family Aztec clothing. this woman is wearing a skirt, a blouse, and an ear plug. this man is wearing a cape, a loincloth and an ear plug. aztec clothing was worn by the aztec people and varied according to aspects such as social standing and gender. the garments worn by aztecs were also worn by other pre columbian peoples of central mexico who shared. Aztec priests traced the entire history of the world and creation in order to legitimise the aztec empire and the ruling family. the world was created after constant infighting between different gods and it took five tries for the gods to finally create the agreed upon version of the world. these major gods were tezcatlipoca, nanauatl, ehecatl.
Aztec Priest Clothing First, aztec society was divided between distinct classes, and the different classes wore different types of clothing. for example, the high priests, nobility and royalty would wear very ornate clothing while the lower classes would not. second, the basic item in aztec clothing for men was the ‘maxtlatl’, which was a type of loincloth. Jewelry was an essential part of aztec clothing for the nobility. they made use of a variety of materials as jewelry, such as necklaces with charms and pedants, armlets, bracelets, leg bracelets, and rings. just like everything else, religious influences was also visible in aztec jewelry. jewelry was often crafted into natural shapes in. Aztec priest (left, codex mendoza fol. 63r, detail) and emperor (right, codex azcatitlan fol. 22a, detail) (click on image to enlarge) we don’t have time to answer this very fully now, but an essential difference would be in the main garment worn by a member of each social group. Preserved in a stone box at the heart of the aztec precinct of the templo mayor, this important garment was probably worn by a priest to impersonate tlaloc, the chief rain deity.” (231) figure 1 is a depiction of the open front xicolli worn on a mayan warrior, dating to ca. 550 950 ad.
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