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Khipu

Groups: irregular Colors: tans, brown, blue Colour combinations: monochrome, speckled, spliced Strings: main, pendants, secondary Ply: all S Diameter: main 4mm, pendants 1,5-2,5mm Recto/verso (tying pendant to mainstring):both Knots: 1/1 endknots (like a single knot), 1/2 endknots (a single knot securing the pendant tied with only part of the pendant as active), 8, long knots (S), single knots (Z)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Khipu
Dimensions
Länge x Breite: 82 x 80 cm
Material/Technique
Cotton
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 63038

Provenance and sources

when
Inca 1400 - 1550
where
Peru
Huachó

who
Gaffron, Eduard - Collectors

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