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Khipu (fragments)

Groups: 4 monocrome, 1 speckled repeated through all fragments. Colours: beige, white, brown Colour combinations: monocrome, speckled. Strings: main, pendants. Ply: main Z, pendants S Dm: pendants 1,3- 2 mm Recto Knots: end 1/1, 8, long (S), single (Z)

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Khipu (fragments)
Dimensions
Length: 40 cm
Width: 7 cm
Material/Technique
Cotton
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 4319 b

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Inca 1400 - 1550
    where
    Peru
  • Collecting
    who
    José Mariano Macedo (1823 - 1894) - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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