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Khipu

The mainstring is broken - so the quipu is a fragment No. of pendants: 35 and two topstrings Groups:topstring, A, B, C, C, B, A, A, E, topstring, B, C ( A: 3 pend., B; 4 pend, C: 1 pend., D: 9 pend. Looks like a pattern somehow, but as the main is fragmented it is hard to tell. Colours: tans, one blue-speckled. Colour combinations: monochrome, speckled Strings: main, pendants, secs, topstrings. Ply: S Diameter: main 3,5mm, pendants/ secs/ top: 1,8-2,5mm Recto (tying pendant to mainstring) Knots:1/1 endknots (like a single knot), 1/2 endknots (a single knot securing the pendant tied with only part of the pendant as active), 8, long knots (Z), single knots (Z)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Khipu
Dimensions
Länge x Breite: 54 x 17 cm
Material/Technique
Cotton
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 42595

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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