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

Provenance and sources

when
Inca 1450 - 1550
where
Peru
Pachacámac
who
Julius van der Zypen

who
Wilhelm Gretzer (1847 - 1926) - Collectors

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