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Khipu

Groups: irregular Colours: browns, blue Colour combinations: monocrome, spiral, speckled, spliced Strings: main, pendants, secondaries, tertiaries, top Ply: all S Dm: 3,5mm - - - - - Fragmented mainstring, so no recto/verso statement. Knots: 8, long, single, end 1/1 Ply: S and Z Long over long - narrative?

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Khipu
Dimensions
Length: 63 cm
Width: 35 cm
Weight: 2 kg
Material/Technique
Cotton
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 12179

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Inca 1400 - 1550
    where
    Peru
    Pacasmayo
  • Collecting
    who
    I.M. Bolivar - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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