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Khipu

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Groups: none Colors: brown Colour combinations: monochrome Strings: main, pendants, Ply: all S Diameter: main 2,3 mm, pendants 2-2,3 mm Recto/verso (tying pendant to mainstring): cannot be stated as mainstring is closen at both ends. Knots: long knots (Z), single knots (S and Z ) V A 24368 c and e may also be pendants with secondaries.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Khipu
Dimensions
Length: 55 cm
Width: 0,5 cm
Material/Technique
Cotton
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 24368 e

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Inca 1400 - 1550
    where
    Peru
    Marquez
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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