Author: Rieff Anawalt, Patricia
Title: Indian Clothing Before Cortes: Mesoamerican Costumes from the Codices
Description: University of Oklahoma Press. Soft Cover. l Illustrations in colour & b/w. New. First comprehensive description of Mesoamerican costume repertories found in pre and post- conquest pictorial data, Anawalt illuminates the position that to the people of Mesoamerica, 'dress was identity. Even a god had to don his proper garb.' Anawalt represents, reads, and analyzes Aztec, Tlaxcalan, Tarascan, Mixtec, and lowland Mayan costumes as reflections of historical and cultural styles and meanings, thereby including valuable discussions of the ritual significance of costumes.

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