Khipu

Khipu

Groups: none Colors: 4 browns, green Color combinations: monochrome, speckled Strings: main, pendants, secondaries Ply: all S Diameter: main 3mm, pendants 1,5-2,5mm Recto (tying pendant to mainstring): Knots:1/1 endknots (like a single knot), 8, long knots (S), single knots (Z) 3 Place markers. Strange. looped knot (later?).

Object Details

• Location: Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
• Inventory number: V A 42524 a-c
• Measurements: Länge x Breite: 45 x 28 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