Re: Jairazbhoy's "Rameses III, Father of Ancient America", was Re: ...

On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 17:07:23 -0600 (CST), Larry Athy wrote:

> Hello Everybody:
> -  I have just realized something that I have never recognized before.
> -  The Nemes type headdress on the Olmec statues that we have been
> discussing appear to be made of cloth, including even the headbands.
> -  Olmec art, as best I can recall, shows most people as being without
> clothing, or nearly so.  The few waste bands, etc., shown could be of
> other materials.  The ability to weave cloth is normally considered to
> have come to Mexico much later.
> -  Thus, it occurs to me that the Nemes headdress, or headdresses, must
> have been imported from Egypt or made from Egyptian cloth.  Some may
> have been used by Olmec leaders and passed on to others at their deaths.
> -  Does anyone have any information on the weaving of cloth in the
> earliest Olmec times??
>              Regards,  Larry Athy, P.E.

This gives some information about *what* they wore, but not the material.

Larry has tried to show that Olmecs wore Egyptian headdresses by citing
statues such as this one.
http://www90.homepage.villanova.edu/lowell.gustafson/pic293.htm
(others too with less mutilation, none of which have Egyptian headdresses,
but this one is just too funny to ignore).

Doug