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Khipu

The quipu consists of two fragments - a and b - and a bunch of loose strings -c. a No. of pendants:47 Groups: 12 x 4 Colors: tans Colour combinations: monochrome, speckled Strings: main, pendants, Ply: S Diameter: main 2mm, pendants 1,5-2,5mm Recto/verso (tying pendant to mainstring) R and V. Knots:1/1 endknots (like a single knot), 8, long knots (S), single knots (Z) b: No. of pendants: 20 Groups: 5 x 4 Colors: tans Colour combinations: monochrome, speckled Strings: main, pendants, Ply: S Diameter: main 2mm, pendants 1,5 - 2,5mm Recto/verso (tying pendant to mainstring) R and V Knots:1/1 endknots (like a single knot), long knots (S), single knots (Z) c: loose strings

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Khipu
Dimensions
Length: 33 cm
Width: 8 cm
Material/Technique
Cotton
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 47127 b

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Inca 1450 - 1550
    where
    Peru
    Ica
    who
    Julius van der Zypen
  • Collecting
    who
    Wilhelm Gretzer (1847 - 1926) - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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