Khipu

Khipu

No. of pendants:34 Groups: 1, 10, 10, 3, 10 - In he second 10-group each pendant has two identical (brown and blue) secondaries Colors: tans, brown, blue Color combinations: monochrome Strings: main, pendants, secondaries Ply: S Diameter: main 2,5mm, pendants and secs 1,5-2,5mm Recto/verso (tying pendant to mainstring): both Knots:1/1 endknots (like a single knot), 8, long knots (S and Z), single knots (S and Z) Most of the longknots are S - the Z are in the two last groups (3 and 10). A pendant in the first 10-group has a small extra quipu (2) tied to one pendant. This nr. 2 quipu has a main and two pendants.

Location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 42576
Measurements
Länge x Breite: 60 x 37 cm
Material/Technique
Baumwolle

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

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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 1450 - 1550

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