What is significant about the shawl pins found by Jose Antonio Chavez and Johan Reinhard on the summit of Sara Sara is that they are not classic Inca design. Statuettes and Clothing Human figurines, like this one buried with Juanita, accompany all of the sacrificial children found to date on Andean peaks. They are believed to be companions for the children in their journey beyond death. Made of castings and stamped metal, the figurines are always clothed in textiles and often have feather headdresses, as pictured here. The clothing found on the figures, and indeed on the mummies themselves, is always significant in identifying status and rank.
All women wove, from the humblest of peasants to the wives of kings.
Heads of state wore the finest of materials, rich in color and design, and often fashioned from exotic fibers such as vicuna wool, embellished with threads of gold and silver, or with bright feathers of tropical birds.