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Khipu

Groups: 14x 10 (A). A= (4a,b,c,4a). The last 4 A's are unknotted. Colors: white, tan Colourcombinations: monocrome, speckled. Strings: main, pendants Ply: all S Diameter: main 4mm, pendants 2-3mm Recto Knots: endknots 1/1, 8, long (Z), single

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Khipu
Dimensions
Length: 76 cm
Width: 40 cm
Material/Technique
Cotton
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 16140

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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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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