Dr. Sarahh Scher is a Contributing Editor for Pre-Columbian South American Art. She received her Ph.D. in art history from Emory University and an M.F.A. in printmaking from New Mexico State University. Her research focuses on issues surrounding the representation of gender, identity, and costume in the Andean area. She teaches part-time at Emerson College and Lesley University.
It is thought that these tunics were made for soldiers and the checkered pattern camouflaged them into an indistinguishable mass