Khipu

Khipu

No. of strings:11 pendants Groups: none Colors: tans, blue Color combinations: subs.:monochrome, main : speckled Strings: main, pendants, secondaries Ply:S Diameter: main 3mm, pendants 1,3 - 2mm Recto/verso (tying pendant to mainstring) Two pendants are V, all the rest are R. Knots:1/1 endknots (like a single knot), long knots (Z), single knots (Z) The first pendant is inserted in the maincord's beginning loop.

Object Details

• Location: Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
• Inventory number: V A 24369 b
• Measurements: Länge x Breite: 73 x 5 cm
• Material/Technique: Baumwolle

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Herstellung
• (where): Peru ; Marquez
• (when): Inka 1450 - 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, 12:22 AM CEST