What kind of clothes did the Mojave people live in?

Answer 1

The Mojave of the Colorado River area enjoyed a very hot climate where few clothes were required. Men often went entirely naked, but some wore breechclouts of woven willow bark, with a short flap in front and a longer one behind. No leggings were worn and men usually went without footwear unless travelling a long distance, when woven sandals were worn.

Women wore front and back aprons of woven bark, the back section arranged in a kind of bustle. Under the front apron was a short under-apron of very fine fibres. Women never wore anything on the upper body. Affluent women wore a collar of woven fibres, later replaced by collars of blue and white glass beads.

In cooler weather robes of rabbit skins traded from the Paiutes or Walapai were worn. No head coverings were worn. Strings of shell beads, shell necklaces and chokers were popular. Both men and women painted the face and body, or had tattoos covering the chest; women often had lines tattooed on the chin.