Some cultures have even begun to expand social prohibitions on female toplessness to prepubescent and even infant girls. This trend toward covering the female nipple from infancy onward is particularly noticeable in the United States. [Allen, Anita L. (20
Spanish colonists noted the use of the hammock by Native Americans, particularly in the West Indies, at the time of the Spanish conquest.[1] The word comes from a Taíno culture Arawakan word (Haiti) meaning "fish net". [wikipedia]