Khipus

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Quipu 2 has several longknots over each other - narrative? Groups: quipu 1:one loose pendant, 3 x 4, 4 x 4 quipu 2: 2, 2 x 5 Colors: 1: browns and white 2: grey and white Color combinations: 1:monochrome 2: speckled Strings: main, pendants, Ply: all S Diameter: main 4 mm, pendants 1:1,8-2,5; 2:2,5 Recto (tying pendant to mainstring) Knots:1/1 endknots (like a single knot), 8, long knots (Z), single knots (Z)

Location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 37859
Measurements
Länge x Breite: 50 x 5 cm
Länge x Breite: 47 x 15 cm
Material/Technique
Kameliden Wolle

Event
Herstellung
(who)
Julius van der Zypen (1906/1907), Mäzen*atin
(where)
Peru
bei Lima
(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
19.04.0019, 7:56 AM CET

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Object type

  • Khipus

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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