Credit: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Lena Bjerregaard CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Details (expert)
- Involved
- Dating
- Inka 1450 - 1550Datierung engl.: Inca 1450 - 1550
- Material / Technique
- Baumwolle, gedreht und geknotet
- Dimensions
- Länge x Breite: 31 x 6 cm
- Permalink
- https://id.smb.museum/object/34721
Object Description
Two quipus tied together.
a and b.
a:
Groups: one group of 4 pendants.
Colors: tan
Color combinations: monochrome
Strings: main, 4 pendants,
Ply: S
Diameter: main 3mm, pendants 1,8-2mm
Recto -(tying pendant to mainstring)
Knots:1/1 endknots (like a single knot), one long knot (Z), single knots (Z)
b:
Groups: hard to tell
Colors: tan
Color combinations: monochrome, speckled
Strings: main, pendants, secondary
Ply:
Diameter: main, pendants
Verso (tying pendant to mainstring)
Knots:1/1 endknots (like a single knot), long knots (S and Z)
The first half of the quipu has Z long knots - second half has S long knots.
Last updated: 17.03.2026
Contact
Institution:
Ethnologisches Museum
Email:
em@smb.spk-berlin.de
