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Khipu

Groups: 2 groups ( one with one pendant - 4,5 cm distance and then 6 pendants) Colors: tan, brown,blue Colour combinations: monochrome, speckled, spiral Strings: main, pendants, Ply:all S Diameter: main 3mm, pendants 1,8-2,0 Verso (tying pendant to mainstring) Knots: single knots (Z), one long knot (Z)

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Khipu
Dimensions
Length: 44 cm
Width: 6 cm
Material/Technique
Cotton
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 47111

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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