The name of this item is missing in its original language. If you know the name or have any comments, please use the form to get in touch with the institution that provided the data.
Khipu

The quipu is fragmented at both ends, and in a very bad condition. Many pendants have broken - as usual mostly tha dark ones. No. of pendants.:ca 130 Groups: 8 x 16 (sometimes 17 ) pendants Colors: tans, blue Colour combinations: monochrome, speckled, spiral Strings: main, pendants, secondaries Ply:S Diameter: main 5mm, pendants 2-2,5mm Recto/verso (tying pendant to mainstring)? (fragmented main) Knots:1/1 end knots (like a single knot), 8, long knots (Z), single knots (Z)

This content was machine-translated
Data Provider
Ethnologisches Museum
Show only fields containing data

Cataloguing data

Object type
Khipu
Dimensions
Länge x Breite: 70 x 42 cm
Material/Technique
Cotton
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 47075

Provenance and sources

when
Inca 1450 - 1550
where
Peru
Ica
who
Julius van der Zypen

who
Wilhelm Gretzer (1847 - 1926) - Collectors

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
This content was machine-translated
2.1.1 / 7.1.1