Khipu

Khipu

Groups: 16 x ca.10 strings. -the first with long distance to the next. Colors: tan, brown. blue Color combinations: speckled and spiral Strings: main, pendants, Ply: all S Diameter: main 4mm, pendants 1,5-2,3mm Verso (tying pendant to mainstring) Knots:1/1 endknots (like a single knot), 8, long knots (S), single knots (S)

Object Details

• Location: Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
• Inventory number: V A 42597
• Measurements: Länge x Breite: 69 x 102 cm
• Material/Technique: Baumwolle

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Herstellung
• (who): Julius van der Zypen (1906/1907), Mäzen*atin
• (where): Peru ; Pachacámac
• (when): Inka 1400-1550
• Event: Sammeltätigkeit
• (who): Wilhelm Gretzer (1847 - 1926), Sammler*in

Further information

• Other object pages: Show object in "Collections from Colonial Contexts"
• Rights: Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
• Last update: 06.08.2025, 12:22 AM CEST