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Khipu

Groups: 39 x A (A= 11 pendants (3 has 12, one 15)) Some groups has secondaries. Colours: browns, blue Colorcombinations: monocrome, speckled, spliced. Strings: main, pendants, secxondaries. Ply: all S Diameter: main 6mm, pendants and secondaries 2-2,5mm Verso Knots: end 1/1, 8, longknots (Z), single knots (Z).

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Khipu
Dimensions
Length: 40 cm
Width: 150 cm
Material/Technique
Cotton, Plant fibre
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 16135 a

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Inca 1400 - 1550
    where
    Peru
    Ica
    Pisco
  • Collecting
    who
    I.M. Bolivar - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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