Inca clothing

Researching Inca clothing and creating rough sketches to get familiar with repeating elements and expand possibilities.

Noblemen would wear a colourful tunic over a knee-length loincloth with a patterned design around the waist, while the women would wear long dresses pinned at the shoulder with a sash. The fine quality of the alpaca or vicuña cloth woven with ornamen

Updated versions of the late classic (c.600-900) Maya clothing studies.

Studies of Aztec clothing I did for the website mexicolore. Based on various codices, documents and art.

The acllas in the Tahuantinsuyu, were the women of greater cultural preparation. These women were recruited and then chosen to be prepared in the so-called Acllahuasis, which were in charge of the Mamaconas, as stated by the chronicler Bernabé Cobo:

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In the Andes, writing with characters on a surface was not known, as understood in the western world, but khipus seem to have been an effective mnemonic tool in the administrative tasks of the Inca civilization. basically a khipu was an ancient way of

The acllas in the Tahuantinsuyu, were the women of greater cultural preparation. These women were recruited and then chosen to be prepared in the so-called Acllahuasis, which were in charge of the Mamaconas, as stated by the chronicler Bernabé Cobo: "... the acllahuasi or house of chosen women was an institution that brought together the Mamaconas or Ladies Mothers who acted as teachers and a credible number of girls entering a closing regime between the ages of ten and twelve. They were…

The acllas in the Tahuantinsuyu, were the women of greater cultural preparation. These women were recruited and then chosen to be prepared in the so-called Acllahuasis, which were in charge of the Mamaconas, as stated by the chronicler Bernabé Cobo: