Details (expert)
- Creator/Entity
- Date(s)
- Inka 1450 - 1550Inca 1450 - 1550
- Systematics/Type
- Geographical references
- Material / Technique
- Baumwolle
- Dimensions
- Länge x Breite: 47 x 3 cm
- Permalink
- https://id.smb.museum/object/39462
Object Description
No. of pendants: 5 + 2 loose. All have one secondary (except one loose and the first separate pendant.).
Groups: one separat starting pendant - all the next together
Colors: tans, blue
Color combinations: monochrome, speckled - top part of all pendants/ secondaries are speckled - lower part monocrome. Makes the Quipu reminiscent of the earliest (Huari) quipus.
Strings: main, pendants, secondaries
Ply: S
Diameter: main 2,5mm, pendants/secondaries 2-2,5mm
Recto (tying pendant to mainstring)
Knots:1/1 endknots (like a single knot), two long knots (S), single knots (Z)
Last updated: 17.03.2026
Contact
Institution:
Ethnologisches Museum
Email:
em@smb.spk-berlin.de