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ANCIENT RUBBER
The ancient Mayan people used latex to create rubber balls, hollow human figures,
and as bindings used to safe axe heads to their handles and further functions. Latex is the sap of
different plants, most notably the rubber tree. When it is uncovered to the air it hardens into a
springy mass.
The Mayans learned to mix the rubber sap with the juice from morning glory vines so that
it became more strong and elastic, and didn't get quite as fragile. Both the rubber tree and the
morning glory were significant plants to the Mayan people- the latter being a hallucinogen as well
as a healing herb.
They two plants tended to develop close together. Combining their juices, a black
matter about the texture of a gum-type pencil eraser was formed.
The rubber balls were roughly of the size of a beach ball and weighed over 15
pounds (7 kilograms). These were used in a significant ritual game called Tlachtlic. The game was
a cross between football and basketball, but had religious significance as recorded in the Popul
Vuh, a Mayan religious document.
Spanish aggressor in the sixteenth century reported that the game
also caught up gambling for various possessions including land and slaves. It is thought that the
game ended in a human sacrifice at least a few of the time.
Versions of the game were played in the
Middle American region array from southern Arizona to northern South America. Inhabitant peoples in
the region still make rubber in the similar way.
Features of Rubber >>
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Wristband tag
uses active RFID
technology:
The compact and
power-efficient tag
is commonly used for
the tracking of
personnel, patients
or babies in
hospitals, care
centre, schools,
offices and even
sports centre or
other events. |
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