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Khipu

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Belongs to basket V A 43330 Groups: none Colors: tan, blue Colour combinations: monochrome, speckled Strings: main, pendants, Ply: all S Diameter: main 5mm, pendants 2-2,5mm Recto (tying pendant to mainstring): Knots:1/1 end knots (like a single knot), long knots (Z), single knots (Z)

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Khipu
Dimensions
Length: 75 cm
Width: 12 cm
Material/Technique
Cotton
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 43332

Provenance and sources

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

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