Details (expert)
- Dating
- Inka 1400 - 1550
- Geographical references
- Material / Technique
- Baumwolle
- Dimensions
- Länge x Breite: 58 x 110 cm
- Permalink
- https://id.smb.museum/object/59152
Object Description
3 quipus tied together.
Groups: irregular
Colors: white, tans, browns, red, blue
Color combinations: monochrome, speckled, spiral
Strings: main, pendants, secondaries, topstrings.
Ply: all S
Diameter: main 5,5mm, pendants 1,5-3mm
Recto /verso (tying pendant to mainstring): both
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 (S and Z), single knots (Z)
Last updated: 17.03.2026
Contact
Institution:
Ethnologisches Museum
Email:
em@smb.spk-berlin.de