What role are textiles believed to have played in incan culture?
a.
used as decorative clothing used for rituals
b.
used to identify a person’s profession
c.
indicated a person’s ethnic identity and social rank

c.  indicated a person’s ethnic identity and social rank

The correct answer is C) indicated a person’s ethnic identity and social rank.

The role that textiles played in Incan culture was "indicated a person’s ethnic identity and social rank.

Textiles in the Inca civilization played an important role in society. They expressed the type of social class. That is why people wore them with pride. The Incas who lived in the high mountains of the Andes, in Peru, created fine pieces of clothes with delicate decorations that could be compared in value with precious metals such as gold. Those pieces of clothes showed the status and power of the people who used them.

christopher columbus (1492–1504)

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