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Khipu
Two quipus tied together in a ring: 1 and 2 Groups: groups of 2 - various colours in between. Colors: white, tans, blue, red Colour combinations: monochrome, speckled, spiral Strings: main, pendants, topstrings Ply: main Z, pendant and top S Diameter: main 4,5mm, pendants 2,8-3,4mm, top 2,8mm Recto/verso (tying pendant to mainstring):Quipu 1 recto, quipu 2 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), single knots (S and Z)
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Khipu
Dimensions
Länge x Breite: 20 x 7 cm
Material/Technique
Cotton
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 44677 a
Provenance and sources
when
Inca 1400 - 1550
where
Peru
Pisco
who
Julius van der Zypen
who
Wilhelm Gretzer (1847 - 1926) - Collectors
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