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Khipu

No. of strings:32 pendants Groups: 2 x 16 pendants. These pendants are arranged: 16 x 4 pendants. -one with secondaries 9 x 3 " " " 3 x 1 " " " 1 x 3 " " " 3 x 2 " " " Only the pendants with secondaries and the secondaries have knots. All other pendants are without knots. Colors: tans, greenish Colour combinations: monochrome, speckled Strings: main, pendants, secondaries Ply:S Diameter: main 4mm, pendants 1,5-2,5mm Recto/verso (tying pendant to mainstring) Main is fragmented at both ends, so impossible to say. Knots:1/1 endknots (like a single knot), 1/2 endknots (a single knot securing the pendant tied with only part of the pendant as active), long knots (S), single knots (S)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Khipu
Dimensions
Länge x Breite: 50 x 6 cm
Material/Technique
Cotton
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 42586

Provenance and sources

when
Inca 1450 - 1550
where
Peru
Pachacámac
who
Julius van der Zypen

who
Wilhelm Gretzer (1847 - 1926) - Collectors

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