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Khipus

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Groups: irregular. Colours: white, tans, brown and blue. Colour combinations: monocrome, speckled. Strings: main, pendants, secondaries, tertiary. Ply: all S Diameter: main 5mm, pendants etc. 1,5-2,5mm Recto Knots: endknots 1/1, 8, longknots (Z), single knots (Z)

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Khipus
Dimensions
Length: 50 cm
Width: 42 cm
Material/Technique
Cotton
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 16145

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Inca 1400 - 1550
    where
    Peru
    Ica
    Pisco
  • Collecting
    who
    I.M. Bolivar - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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