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Khipu

No. of pendants:75 Groups: several groups of 4-5 or 2. The quipu is fragmented, and some may be missing - or it may be fragments of different quipus. However the main cord is very similar in the three fragments. Colors: tans, blue Colour combinations: monochrome, speckled, spliced and spiral Strings: main, pendants, secondaries Ply:S Diameter: main 2mm, pendants 1,8-2mm Recto (tying pendant to mainstring) fragmented main - but within each segment same attachment. Knots:1/1 end knots (like a single knot), 8, long knots (S), single knots (Z) Very few single knots - many long knots, some 8.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Khipu
Dimensions
Length: 44 cm
Width: 60 cm
Material/Technique
Cotton
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 42546

Provenance and sources

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

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