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three pieces tied together (3 tied together)

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Quipu 1: Groups: none Colors: 3 browns, blue Colour combinations: monochrome Strings: main, pendants, Ply: all S Diameter: main 2mm, pendants 2-2,3mm Recto/verso (tying pendants to mainstring): recto Knots: long knots (Z), single knots (Z) Quipu 2: Groups: none Colors: 2 browns Colour combinations: monochrome Strings: main, pendants, Ply: all S Diameter: main 1,5mm, pendants 1,5-2mm Recto (tying pendant to mainstring) Knots: long knots (Z), single knots (Z) Quipu 3: Groups: none Colors: browns, blue Colour combinations: monochrome Strings: main, pendants, Ply: all S Diameter: main 2,8mm, pendants 1,5-2,5mm Recto (tying pendant to mainstring) Knots:1/2 endknots (a single knot securing the pendant tied with only part of the pendant as active), long knots (Z), single knots (Z)

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Khipu
Dimensions
Length: 115 cm
Width: 36 cm
Material/Technique
Cotton
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 24368 a

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Inca 1400 - 1550
    where
    Peru
    Marquez
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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