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Khipu

No. of pendants: 88 Groups: 3xA,space, 13 x A, B, A A= 5 pendants, B= 3 pendants. Probably B has just lost two pendants and is really also A Colors: tans, blue Colour combinations: monochrome Strings: main, pendants, Ply: S . One pendant in group 7 A is Z ! Diameter: main 4mm, pendants 1,8 - 2,5mm Recto/verso (tying pendant to mainstring) ?? All the same, but as main is fragmented at both ands start/ end of main cannot be stated. Knots:1/1 endknots (like a single knot), 1/2 endknots (a single knot securing the pendant tied with only part of the pendant as active). No 8, long or single knots. To one pendant of group A 9 three complete pendants are tied in a loose knot. These have long knots (S) and single knots (Z) and end knots 1/1. One of these pendants is speckled.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Khipu
Dimensions
Length: 73 cm
Width: 47 cm
Material/Technique
Cotton
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 42611

Provenance and sources

when
Inca 1450 - 1550
where
Peru
Pachacámac
who
Julius van der Zypen
who
Wilhelm Gretzer (de.fiz.ddb.model.ddbobject.WhenType$Begin@2f9b58d0 - de.fiz.ddb.model.ddbobject.WhenType$End@3af5999f) - Collectors

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