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Khipu

Two quipus tied together, a and b. a: Groups: one group with 5 pendants Colors: dark brown and tan Colour combinations: monochrome Strings: main, pendants. Ply: S Diameter: main 2mm, pendants 2-3mm Recto (tying pendant to mainstring) 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), long knots (Z), single knots (Z) b: Groups: irregular Colors: brown, tans Colour combinations: monochrome, speckled, spiral and spliced (5 of the pendants are each spliced twice (3 different yarns!!) one has only one splicing (2 different yarns) Strings: main, pendants, Ply: S Diameter: main 4mm, pendants 1,2 - 2,5mm Recto (tying pendant to mainstring) Knots:1/1 endknots (like a single knot), long knots (Z)

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Khipu
Dimensions
Length: 45 cm
Width: 10 cm
Material/Technique
Cotton
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 47106 a,b

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Inca 1450 - 1550
    where
    Peru
    Ica
    who
    Julius van der Zypen
  • Collecting
    who
    Wilhelm Gretzer (1847 - 1926) - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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