drei Stück zusammengebunden (3 tied together)

Khipu

Quipu 1: Groups: none Colors: 3 browns, blue Color combinations: monochrome Strings: main, pendants, Ply: all S Diameter: main 2mm, pendants 2-2,3mm Recto/verso (tying pendants to mainstring): recto Knots: long knots (Z), single knots (Z) Quipu 2: Groups: none Colors: 2 browns Color combinations: monochrome Strings: main, pendants, Ply: all S Diameter: main 1,5mm, pendants 1,5-2mm Recto (tying pendant to mainstring) Knots: long knots (Z), single knots (Z) Quipu 3: Groups: none Colors: browns, blue Color combinations: monochrome Strings: main, pendants, Ply: all S Diameter: main 2,8mm, pendants 1,5-2,5mm Recto (tying pendant to mainstring) Knots:1/2 endknots (a single knot securing the pendant tied with only part of the pendant as active), long knots (Z), single knots (Z)

Object Details

• Location: Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
• Inventory number: V A 24368 a
• Measurements: Länge x Breite: 115 x 36 cm
• Material/Technique: Baumwolle

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Herstellung
• (where): Peru ; Marquez
• (when): Inka 1400 - 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, 12:20 AM CEST