totonac women were expert weavers and embroiderers; they dressed grandly and braided their hair with feathers. the franciscan friar bernardino de sahagún stated that, in all aspects of their appearance, the women were "quite elegant", women wore skirts (embroidered for the nobles) and a small triangular poncho covering the breasts. noble women wore shell and jade necklaces and earrings and often tattooed their faces with red ink. married women wore their hair in the nahuatl fashion while peasant women wore their hair long. likewise, the noble men dressed well, adorning themselves with multicolored cloaks, loin cloths, necklaces, arm bands, lip plugs and devices made of the prized quetzal feathers. hair was kept long with a thick tuft of hair on the top tied up with a ribbon.