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Khipu
Maybe not a complete quipu, as the "mainstring" has knots. Could be a pendant with secondaries? Groups: none Colors: brown, tan Colour combinations: monochrome Strings: main (with knots), pendants, Ply: all S Diameter: main, pendants Recto/verso (tying pendant to mainstring): Knots:1/1 end knots (like a single knot), 8, long knots (Z), single knots
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Khipu
Dimensions
Länge x Breite: 43 x 1 cm
Material/Technique
Camelid hair
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 37876 a
Provenance and sources
when
Inca 1400 - 1550
where
Peru
Lima
who
Julius van der Zypen
who
Wilhelm Gretzer (1847 - 1926) - Collectors
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