Details (expert)
- Creator/Entity
- Date(s)
- Inka 1400 - 1550
- Systematics/Type
- Material / Technique
- Baumwolle
- Dimensions
- Länge x Breite: 20 x 7 cm
- Permalink
- https://id.smb.museum/object/41534
Object Description
Two quipus tied together in a ring: 1 and 2.
Groups: groups of 2 - various colors in between.
Colors: white, tans, blue, red
Color combinations: monochrome, speckled, spiral
Strings: main, pendants, topstrings
Ply: main Z, pendant and top S
Diameter: main 4,5mm, pendants 2,8-3,4mm, top 2,8mm
Recto/verso (tying pendant to mainstring):Quipu 1 recto, quipu 2 verso.
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), single knots (S and Z)
Last updated: 17.03.2026
Contact
Institution:
Ethnologisches Museum
Email:
em@smb.spk-berlin.de