Details (expert)
- Creator/Entity
- Date(s)
- Inka 1450 - 1550Datierung engl.: Inca 1450 - 1550
- Systematics/Type
- Geographical references
- Material / Technique
- Baumwolle
- Dimensions
- Länge x Breite: 54 x 17 cm
- Permalink
- https://id.smb.museum/object/39452
Object Description
The mainstring is broken - so the quipu is a fragment
No. of pendants: 35 and two topstrings
Groups:topstring, A, B, C, C, B, A, A, E, topstring, B, C ( A: 3 pend., B; 4 pend, C: 1 pend., D: 9 pend. Looks like a pattern somehow, but as the main is fragmented it is hard to tell.
Colors: tans, one blue-speckled.
Color combinations: monochrome, speckled
Strings: main, pendants, secs, topstrings.
Ply: S
Diameter: main 3,5mm, pendants/ secs/ top: 1,8-2,5mm
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