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two pieces tied together

Quipu 2 has several longknots over each other - narrative? Groups: quipu 1:one loose pendant, 3 x 4, 4 x 4 quipu 2: 2, 2 x 5 Colours: 1: browns and white 2: grey and white Colour combinations: 1:monochrome 2: speckled Strings: main, pendants, Ply: all S Diameter: main 4 mm, pendants 1:1,8-2,5; 2:2,5 Recto (tying pendant to mainstring) Knots:1/1 endknots (like a single knot), 8, long knots (Z), single knots (Z)

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Khipus
Dimensions
Length: 50 cm
Width: 5 cm
Length: 47 cm
Width: 15 cm
Material/Technique
Camelid wool
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 37859

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Inca 1400 - 1550
    where
    Peru
    with Lima
    who
    Julius van der Zypen
  • Collecting
    who
    Wilhelm Gretzer (1847 - 1926) - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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