Khipu

Khipu

Groups: 4 x 9 pendants A B C B Colors: browns Color combinations: monochrome, speckled Strings: main, pendants, secondaries Ply: all S Diameter: main 5mm, pendants 1,5-2mm Verso (tying pendant to mainstring) 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), 8, long knots (S), single knots (S)

Object Details

• Location: Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
• Inventory number: V A 47082
• Measurements: Länge x Breite: 51 x 15,5 cm
• Material/Technique: Baumwolle

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Herstellung
• (who): Julius van der Zypen (1906/1907), Mäzen*atin
• (where): Peru ; Ica
• (when): Inka 1400 - 1530
• 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, 12:23 AM CEST