the , or royal standard ecclesiastical processional banner, was a small, square small banner, of about 10–12 hands [ is a measure from those times and it refers to a length similar to a hand. is the total length of the cloth], made of cotton or woolen cloth, that was carried at the top of a long flagpole, and was stiff, with no wave on the air; each king painted his arms and emblems (badges) on the banner; because each one (king) chose different ones (paintings on his banner), although the common ones among the Incas had the rainbow arch.