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Khipu

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2 fragments, one with 2 cm main, the other 5 cm main. May belong to V A 42671 Groups: none Colors: browns Colour combinations: monochrome Strings: main, pendants, top Ply:S and one Z Diameter: main 5 mm, pendants 1,8mm Recto/verso (tying pendant to mainstring):fragment, so not possible to state Knots:1/1 endknots (like a single knot), long knots (S), single knots (Z)

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Khipu
Dimensions
Length: 46 cm
Width: 23 cm
Material/Technique
Camelid wool
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 42579

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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