Credit: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Photographer CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Details (expert)
- Involved
- Dating
- Inka 1400 - 1550
- Material / Technique
- Baumwolle
- Dimensions
- Länge x Breite: 43 x 23 cm
- Permalink
- https://id.smb.museum/object/780434
Object Description
This fragment probably is from the same quipu as V A 66842 a+b.
Groups: Groups of 8 pendants, each tied with a topstring.
Colors: browns, tan, blue, white
Color combinations: monochrome, speckled
Strings: main, pendants,
Ply: S
Diameter: main 5mm, pendants 2-3mm
Recto/verso (tying pendant to mainstring: if part of V A 66842 a then 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), 8, long knots (S and Z), single knots (Z)
Last updated: 17.03.2026
Contact
Institution:
Ethnologisches Museum
Email:
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