Khipu

Khipu

Groups: none Colors: brown Color combinations: monochrome Strings: main, pendants, Ply: all S Diameter: main 2,3 mm, pendants 2-2,3 mm Recto/verso (tying pendant to mainstring): cannot be stated as mainstring is closen at both ends. Knots: long knots (Z), single knots (S and Z ) V A 24368 c and e may also be pendants with secondaries.

Object Details

• Location: Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
• Inventory number: V A 24368 e
• Measurements: Länge x Breite: 55 x 0,5 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