Details (Expert)
- Beteiligte
- Datierung
- Inka 1400 - 1530
- Geografische Bezüge
- Material / Technik
- Baumwolle
- Abmessungen
- Länge x Breite: 70 x 70 cm
- Permalink
- https://id.smb.museum/object/39464
Objektbeschreibung
6 quipus tied together.
Groups: 1 (the biggest quipu):9 x 8 pendants.
2 (the smaller quipu before (left on photo): no groups, but starting with one pendant twice as long as the others.
3,4,5 smaller quipus tied to one point of the mainstring of no 1. One of these consists of only one mainstring, and another has as the only one a topstring.
6 is a loose fragment - to the left on photo.
Colors: browns
Color combinations: monochrome, speckled
Strings: main, pendants, one topstring
Ply: all S
Diameter: main 4-7mm, pendants 1,5-2mm
Verso (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 ), long knots (Z), single knots (Z)
Letzte Aktualisierung: 17.03.2026
Kontakt
Einrichtung:
Ethnologisches Museum
E-Mail:
em@smb.spk-berlin.de