Details (expert)
- Involved
- Dating
- Inka 1450 - 1550Datierung engl.: Inca 1450 - 1550
- Geographical references
- Material / Technique
- Baumwolle
- Dimensions
- Länge x Breite: 60 x 37 cm
- Permalink
- https://id.smb.museum/object/39433
Object Description
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.
Last updated: 17.03.2026
Contact
Institution:
Ethnologisches Museum
Email:
em@smb.spk-berlin.de