Khipu

Khipu

Groups: none Colors: tans, blue Color combinations: monochrome, speckled,barberpole main Strings: main, pendants, secondaries Ply: Diameter: main, pendants Recto/verso (tying pendant to mainstring): 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 or Z), single knots (S or Z)

Location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 42578 f
Measurements
Länge x Breite: 32 x 9 cm
Material/Technique
Baumwolle

Event
Herstellung
(who)
Julius van der Zypen (1906/1907), Mäzen*atin
(where)
Peru
Pachacámac
(when)
Inka 1400 - 1550
Event
Sammeltätigkeit
(who)
Wilhelm Gretzer (1847 - 1926), Sammler*in

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Rights
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Last update
06.08.2025, 12:21 AM CEST

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Object type

  • Khipu

Associated

  • Julius van der Zypen (1906/1907), Mäzen*atin
  • Wilhelm Gretzer (1847 - 1926), Sammler*in

Time of origin

  • Inka 1400 - 1550

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