Credit: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Photographer CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Details (expert)
- Involved
- Dating
- Inka 1400 - 1550
- Geographical references
- Dimensions
- Länge x Breite: 56 x 77 cm
- Permalink
- https://id.smb.museum/object/39382
Object Description
2 quipus tied together at mainstring start.
a: fragment, 2cm main and 5-10 cm pendants. No knots, all pendants fragmented at end. All strings S ply and monocrome tan.
b:
Groups: 2 sections with irregular groupings.
Colors: tan, brown
Color combinations: monochrome, speckled
Strings: main, pendants, many secondaries
Ply: all S
Diameter: main 6mm, pendants 1-2,5mm
Recto (tying pendant to mainstring):
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), 8, long knots (Z), single knots (Z)
Last updated: 17.03.2026
Contact
Institution:
Ethnologisches Museum
Email:
em@smb.spk-berlin.de
