Scholars were able to identify key elements of clothing due to their elaborate depiction in manuscripts that were made with a pictographic system. Cloth and clothing were crucial to people of all social statuses within the empire, people of varying social standings, ranging from the commoners to the nobles would have both used this abundance of clothing for negotiating their status and social standing within the empire. Not only were the fibers used to negotiate social standing but it was also exchanged to mark significant events in one’s life, such as marriage, births, or even death. These fibers were used to mark such events because of the extent of the contribution of labor that was needed in order to construct these pieces.