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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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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Khipus
Dimensions
Länge x Breite: 50 x 5 cm
Länge x Breite: 47 x 15 cm
Länge x Breite: 47 x 15 cm
Material/Technique
Camelid wool
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 37859
Provenance and sources
when
Inca 1400 - 1550
where
Peru
with Lima
who
Julius van der Zypen
who
Wilhelm Gretzer (1847 - 1926) - Collectors
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