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Khipu

No. of pendants:34 Groups: 1, 10, 10, 3, 10 - In he second 10-group each pendant has two identical (brown and blue) secondaries Colours: tans, brown, blue Colour combinations: monochrome Strings: main, pendants, secondaries Ply: S Diameter: main 2,5mm, pendants and secs 1,5-2,5mm Recto/verso (tying pendant to mainstring): both Knots:1/1 endknots (like a single knot), 8, long knots (S and Z), single knots (S and Z) Most of the longknots are S - the Z are in the two last groups (3 and 10). A pendant in the first 10-group has a small extra quipu (2) tied to one pendant. This nr. 2 quipu has a main and two pendants.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Khipu
Dimensions
Length: 60 cm
Width: 37 cm
Material/Technique
Cotton
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 42576

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Inca 1450 - 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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