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Khipu

Groups: 9 x A . A= (a,b,a,a,c,a,c,b,b,c) a=monocr., b=spiral, c=speckled. Colours:white, tans, brown, red, blue. Colour combinations: monocrome, Strings: pendants, secondaries. Ply: all S Diameter: main 4mm, pendants and secondaries 2-3mm Recto Knots: endknots1/1 and 1/2, 8, longknots (Z), single knots (Z) One 8 knot has an extra turn.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Khipu
Dimensions
Length: 51 cm
Width: 46 cm
Material/Technique
Cotton
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 16144

Provenance and sources

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

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