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Khipu

2 quipus tied to a wooden stick. Groups: irregular Colours: white, tan, brown, blue, green Colour combinations: monochrome, speckled, spiral Strings: main, pendants, secondaries, tertiaries Ply: Diameter: main, pendants Recto/verso (tying pendant to mainstring): fragmented mainstring. Knots: 1/1 and 1/2 endknots, 8, longknots (Z), single knots (Z). One long quipu with its mainstring tied to a wooden stick (2 x 35 cm) at both ends. The quipu has many secondary strings - up to 10 secondaries to a pendant. A small quipu is tied to the big mainstring between its pendants with an extra string. This quipu consists only of main and pendant.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Khipu
Dimensions
Gewicht: < 2 kg
Länge x Breite: 80 x 52 cm
Material/Technique
Cotton, Wood
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 42508

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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