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Khipu

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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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Cataloguing data

Object type
Khipu
Dimensions
Length: 31 cm
Width: 6 cm
Material/Technique
Cotton
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 37864

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Inca 1450 - 1550
    where
    Peru
    with Lima
    who
    Julius van der Zypen
  • Collecting
    who
    Wilhelm Gretzer (1847 - 1926) - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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