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Khipu

Narrative? No. of pendants: 21 Groups: 3 (fragmented part), 6, 6, 6 Colors: tans, blue Colour combinations: monochrome, speckled Strings: main, pendants, secondaries Ply: S Diameter: main 5mm, pendants 1,5-2,5mm Verso (tying pendant to mainstring) Knots:1/1 endknots (like a single knot), 8 ( last pendant has two 8 knots over eachother), long knots (Z), single knots (Z). The loose pendants may not be from the same quipu as they seem to be tied to different mainstrings. They could, however, also be secondaries tied to fragmented pendants?

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Khipu
Dimensions
Länge x Breite: 37 x 6 cm
Material/Technique
Cotton
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 47108

Provenance and sources

when
Inca 1450 - 1550
where
Peru
Ica
who
Julius van der Zypen

who
Wilhelm Gretzer (1847 - 1926) - Collectors

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