Khipu | Photographer: Lena Bjerregaard
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Khipu
Two quipus tied together. a and b. a: Groups: one group of 4 pendants. Colors: tan Colour combinations: monochrome Strings: main, 4 pendants, Ply: S Diameter: main 3mm, pendants 1,8-2mm Recto -(tying pendant to mainstring) Knots:1/1 endknots (like a single knot), one long knot (Z), single knots (Z) b: Groups: hard to tell Colors: tan Colour combinations: monochrome, speckled Strings: main, pendants, secondary Ply: Diameter: main, pendants Verso (tying pendant to mainstring) Knots:1/1 endknots (like a single knot), long knots (S and Z) The first half of the quipu has Z long knots - second half has S long knots.
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Khipu
Dimensions
Länge x Breite: 31 x 6 cm
Material/Technique
Cotton
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 37864
Provenance and sources
when
Inca 1450 - 1550
where
Peru
with Lima
who
Julius van der Zypen
who
Wilhelm Gretzer (1847 - 1926) - Collectors
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