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Khipu

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The mainstring is partially dissolved and the kipu cannot be unrolled as the pendants are partially loose. Therefore no complete description. Groups: undetectable Colors: browns, blue Colour combinations: monochrome, speckled Strings: main, pendants, Ply: all S Diameter: main, pendants ? Recto (tying pendant to mainstring) Knots:8, long knots, single knots

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Khipu
Dimensions
Length: 38 cm
Width: 41 cm
Material/Technique
Cotton
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 42536

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Inca 1400 - 1550
    where
    Peru
    Pachacámac
    who
    Julius van der Zypen
  • Collecting
    who
    Wilhelm Gretzer (1847 - 1926) - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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