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Khipu
Groups: 4 groups: A,B,C,D. Colors: different tans/browns Colour combinations: monochrome Strings: main, pendants, Ply:all S Diameter: main 3mm, pendants 1-1,8mm 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 (S), single knots (S) The first secondary has a Z knot.
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Khipu
Dimensions
Länge x Breite: 61 x 8 cm
Material/Technique
Cotton
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 42614
Provenance and sources
when
Inca 1400 - 1550
where
Peru
Pachacámac
who
Julius van der Zypen
who
Wilhelm Gretzer (1847 - 1926) - Collectors
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