Khipu

Khipu

No. of strings: 44 pendants Groups: yes - irregular Colors: tans, blue, red (Camelid) Color combinations: monochrome, speckled -one pendant has the upper 15 cm red camelid yarn twined in. Strings: main, pendants, one secondary Ply: main Z, others S Diameter: main 3,5mm, pendants 1,8-3mm Recto/verso (tying pendant to mainstring) - last group is V, the others (between the tassels) are R Knots:1/1 endknots (like a single knot), 8, long knots (Z), single knots (Z) The first pendant is tied in the mainstring's beginning loop. Two blue tassels are tied to the main cord.

Object Details

• Location: Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
• Inventory number: V A 24369 a
• Measurements: Länge x Breite: 74 x 36 cm
• Material/Technique: Baumwolle

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Herstellung
• (where): Peru ; Marquez
• (when): Inka 1450 - 1550
• Event: Sammeltätigkeit
• (who): Arthur Baessler (6.5.1857 - 31.3.1907), 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, 12:23 AM CEST