Khipu | Photographer: Lena Bjerregaard
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Khipu
No. of strings:32 pendants Groups: two groups: 1:5,4,4,5,4; 2: 4x2 Colours: Tans, blue Colour combinations: group 1: monochrome, group 2:speckled Strings: main, pendants, Ply:S Diameter: main 5mm, pendants 1,2-2,5mm Recto(tying pendant to mainstring) Knots:1/1 endknots (like a single knot), long knots ( Z), single knots (Z) The main cord is exteremly long - 2,72 m between the two groups of pendants.
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Khipu
Dimensions
Länge x Breite: 57 x 12 cm
Material/Technique
Cotton
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 47096
Provenance and sources
when
Inca 1450 - 1550
where
Peru
Ica
who
Julius van der Zypen
who
Wilhelm Gretzer (1847 - 1926) - Collectors
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