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Khipu

3 quipus tied together. Groups: irregular Colours: white, tans, browns, red, blue Colour combinations: monochrome, speckled, spiral Strings: main, pendants, secondaries, topstrings. Ply: all S Diameter: main 5,5mm, pendants 1,5-3mm Recto /verso (tying pendant to mainstring): both 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 (S and Z), single knots (Z)

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Khipu
Dimensions
Length: 58 cm
Width: 110 cm
Material/Technique
Cotton
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 63044

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Inca 1400 - 1550
    where
    Peru
    Nazca (Ica)
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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