Khipu

Khipu

3 quipus tied together. Groups: irregular Colors: white, tans, browns, red, blue Color combinations: monochrome, speckled, spiral Strings: main, pendants, secondaries, topstrings. Ply: all S Diameter: main 5,5mm, pendants 1,5-3mm Recto /verso (tying pendant to mainstring): both 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 and Z), single knots (Z)

Object Details

• Location: Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
• Inventory number: V A 63044
• Measurements: Länge x Breite: 58 x 110 cm
• Material/Technique: Baumwolle

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Herstellung
• (where): Peru ; Nazca (Ica)
• (when): Inka 1400 - 1550
• Event: Sammeltätigkeit
• (who): Eduard Gaffron (26.11.1861 - 27.3.1931), 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, 12:21 AM CEST