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Loose Khipu cords

No. of strings:11 pendants Groups: none Colors: tans, blue Colour combinations: subs.:monochrome, main : speckled Strings: main, pendants, secondaries Ply:S Diameter: main 3mm, pendants 1,3 - 2mm Recto/verso (tying pendant to mainstring) Two pendants are V, all the rest are R. Knots:1/1 endknots (like a single knot), long knots (Z), single knots (Z) The first pendant is inserted in the maincord's beginning loop.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Loose Khipu cords
Dimensions
Length: 35 cm
Width: 3 cm
Material/Technique
Cotton
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 24369 c

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Inca 1450 - 1550
    where
    Peru
    Marquez
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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