Khipu

Khipu

No. of pendants: 88 Groups: 3xA,space, 13 x A, B, A A= 5 pendants, B= 3 pendants. Probably B has just lost two pendants and is really also A Colors: tans, blue Color combinations: monochrome Strings: main, pendants, Ply: S . One pendant in group 7 A is Z ! Diameter: main 4mm, pendants 1,8 - 2,5mm Recto/verso (tying pendant to mainstring) ?? All the same, but as main is fragmented at both ands start/ end of main cannot be stated. 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). No 8, long or single knots. To one pendant of group A 9 three complete pendants are tied in a loose knot. These have long knots(S) and single knots (Z) and end knots 1/1. One of these pendants is speckled.

Object Details

• Location: Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
• Inventory number: V A 42611
• Measurements: Länge x Breite: 73 x 47 cm
• Material/Technique: Baumwolle

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Herstellung
• (who): Julius van der Zypen (1906/1907), Mäzen*atin
• (where): Peru ; Pachacámac
• (when): Inka 1450 - 1550
• Event: Sammeltätigkeit
• (who): Wilhelm Gretzer (1847 - 1926), 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, 12:21 AM CEST