Credit: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Claudia Obrocki CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Credit: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Claudia Obrocki
Details (expert)
- Involved
- Dating
- Inka 1400 - 1550
- Geographical references
- Dimensions
- Länge x Breite: 80 x 52 cmGewicht: < 2 kg
- Permalink
- https://id.smb.museum/object/39365
Object Description
2 quipus tied to a wooden stick.
Groups: irregular
Colors: white, tan, brown, blue, green
Color combinations: monochrome, speckled, spiral
Strings: main, pendants, secondaries, tertiaries
Ply:
Diameter: main, pendants
Recto/verso (tying pendant to mainstring): fragmented mainstring.
Knots: 1/1 and 1/2 endknots, 8, longknots (Z), single knots (Z).
One long quipu with its mainstring tied to a wooden stick (2 x 35 cm) at both ends. The quipu has many secondary strings - up to 10 secondaries to a pendant.
A small quipu is tied to the big mainstring between its pendants with an extra string. This quipu consists only of main and pendant.
Last updated: 17.03.2026
Contact
Institution:
Ethnologisches Museum
Email:
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