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Khipu

This fragment probably is from the same quipu as V A 66842 a+b. Groups: Groups of 8 pendants, each tied with a topstring. Colors: browns, tan, blue, white Colour combinations: monochrome, speckled Strings: main, pendants, Ply: S Diameter: main 5mm, pendants 2-3mm Recto/verso (tying pendant to mainstring: if part of V A 66842 a then Verso. 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), 8, long knots (S and Z), single knots (Z)

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Khipu
Dimensions
Length: 43 cm
Width: 23 cm
Material/Technique
Cotton
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 44864 b

Provenance and sources

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

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