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Khipu

6 quipus tied together. Groups: 1 (the biggest quipu):9 x 8 pendants. 2 (the smaller quipu before (left on photo): no groups, but starting with one pendant twice as long as the others. 3,4,5 smaller quipus tied to one point of the mainstring of no 1. One of these consists of only one mainstring, and another has as the only one a topstring. 6 is a loose fragment - to the left on photo. Colors: browns Colour combinations: monochrome, speckled Strings: main, pendants, one topstring Ply: all S Diameter: main 4-7mm, pendants 1,5-2mm Verso (tying pendant to mainstring) 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 (Z), single knots (Z)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Khipu
Dimensions
Länge x Breite: 70 x 70 cm
Material/Technique
Cotton
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 42607

Provenance and sources

when
Inca 1400 - 1530
where
Peru
Pachacámac
who
Julius van der Zypen

who
Wilhelm Gretzer (1847 - 1926) - Collectors

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