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Khipu

Belongs to basket V A 43330 Pendant with secondaries. Groups: none Colors: tans Colour combinations: monochrome, speckled Strings: main, pendants, secondaries Ply: all S Diameter: Recto/verso (tying pendant to mainstring): only one pendant is tied to the main in R/V fashion, but as the main is fragmented it is not possible to state which way. 4 other pendants are attached to the main through their end loop Knots: single knots (Z) May also just be secondaries on pendant (instead of pendants on main).

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Khipu
Dimensions
Länge x Breite: 21 x 1 cm
Material/Technique
Cotton
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 43333 e

Provenance and sources

when
Inca 1400 - 1550
where
Peru
Pachacámac [Ort]
who
Julius van der Zypen

who
Wilhelm Gretzer (1847 - 1926) - Collectors

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