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Khipu

No. of strings:11 pendants Groups: none Colors: tans, blue Colour combinations: subs.:monochrome, main : speckled Strings: main, pendants, secondaries Ply:S Diameter: main 3mm, pendants 1,3 - 2mm Recto/verso (tying pendant to mainstring) Two pendants are V, all the rest are R. Knots:1/1 endknots (like a single knot), long knots (Z), single knots (Z) The first pendant is inserted in the maincord's beginning loop.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Khipu
Dimensions
Länge x Breite: 73 x 5 cm
Material/Technique
Cotton
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 24369 b

Provenance and sources

when
Inca 1450 - 1550
where
Peru
Marquez

who
Baessler, Arthur - Collectors

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