Khipu

Khipu

Groups: irregular. Colors: browns. Color combinations: monocrome, speckled, spiral Strings: main, pendants, secondaries. Ply: main Z , pendants S Dm: main 2,5mm, pendants 1,8-2,3mm Recto and verso. Knots: end 1/1 and 1/2, long (S and Z), single (Z) NLS 695 a+b are also part of V A 22575: a: 5 x 60 cm Groups: none Colors: browns, blue Colorcombinations: monocrome Strings. Main, pendants Ply: all S Dm: main 2,5mm, pendants 2,5mm Verso 1/2 endknots, Longknots (Z), single knots (S and Z) b:2 x 27-40cm Groups: none Colors: browns,blue Color combinations: monocrome Strings: Main, pendants, secondaries Ply. all S Dm: main 2,5mm, pendants and secondaries 1,5-2,3mm Verso Endknots 1/1 and !/2, longknots (Z), single knots (Z)

Object Details

• Location: Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
• Inventory number: V A 22575
• Measurements: Länge x Breite: 36 x 9 cm
• Material/Technique: Baumwolle

Contributors, Places and Time

• Culture: Chancay
• Event: Herstellung
• (who): Chancay (Herstellende Kultur)
• (where): Peru
• (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