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Khipu

Groups: 15 groups of 6 pendants (A) and 7 pendants (B): A,B,B,A,B,B,B,..etc Colours: white,tan,brown,blue. Colour combinations: monocrome, speckled. Strings: main, pendants, secondaries Ply: all S Diameter: main 4mm, pendants and secondaries 1,5-2,3mm Recto Knots: endknots 1/1, long (Z), 8, single (Z)

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Khipu
Dimensions
Length: 52 cm
Width: 45 cm
Material/Technique
Cotton
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 16136

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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