Discuss the significance of the patterns of Inca tunics. What was the purpose of Inca tunics?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal Answer should include:
1. The patterns on garments carried symbolic messages, including indications of a person's ethnic identity and social rank.
2. Each square represents a miniature tunic with a different pattern and meaning.
3. For example, the checkerboard pattern designated military officers and royal escorts and the four-part motifs may refer to the empire as the Land of the Four Quarters.
4. Among the Inca, cloths of cotton and camelid fibers were a primary form of wealth, and cloth was considered a worthy offering for the gods. Due to the ranks and statuses it portrayed, the illustrated tunic may have been woven as a royal garment.
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This diagram helps us to:
Examine this diagram:
a. Narrow our research question, as this topic is much too broad.
b. Consider a biological perspective only.
c. Consider a multidisciplinary perspective.
d. Raise questions about the problem that may not have been previously apparent
by considering both internal and external factors.