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Ident. Nr.: V A 42546

ObjID: obj:39403

Ethnologisches Museum
Khipu

Details (expert)

Involved
Wilhelm Gretzer (1847 - 1926),
Sammler*in
Julius van der Zypen (1906/1907),
Mäzen*atin
Dating
Inka 1450 - 1550
Datierung engl.: Inca 1450 - 1550
Geographical references
Pachacámac
Material / Technique
Baumwolle
Dimensions
Länge x Breite: 44 x 60 cm
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Object Description

No. of pendants:75

Groups: several groups of 4-5 or 2. The quipu is fragmented, and some may be missing - or it may be fragments of different quipus. However the main cord is very similar in the three fragments.

Colors: tans, blue

Color combinations: monochrome, speckled, spliced and spiral

Strings: main, pendants, secondaries
Ply:S
Diameter: main 2mm, pendants 1,8-2mm
Recto (tying pendant to mainstring) fragmented main - but within each segment same attachment.

Knots:1/1 endknots (like a single knot), 8, long knots (S), single knots (Z)

Very few single knots - many long knots, some 8.

Last updated: 17.03.2026

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