Khipu

Khipu

Groups: none Colors: white, tans Color combinations: monochrome, speckled Strings: main, pendants,secondaries Ply:all S Diameter: main 5mm, pendants and sec.2-2,8mm Recto/verso (tying pendant to mainstring):both Knots:1/1 endknots (like a single knot), long knots ( Z), single knots (Z)

Location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 42578 e
Measurements
Länge x Breite: 25 x 10 cm
Material/Technique
Baumwolle

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

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Rights
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Last update
06.08.2025, 12:20 AM CEST

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Object type

  • Khipu

Associated

  • Julius van der Zypen (1906/1907), Mäzen*atin
  • Wilhelm Gretzer (1847 - 1926), Sammler*in

Time of origin

  • Inka 1400 - 1550

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