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Ident. Nr.: V A 47088

ObjID: obj:43945

Details (Expert)

Beteiligte
Wilhelm Gretzer (1847 - 1926),
Sammler*in
Julius van der Zypen (1906/1907),
Mäzen*atin
Datierung
Inka 1450 - 1550
Datierung engl.: Inca 1450 - 1550
Geografische Bezüge
Material / Technik
Baumwolle
Abmessungen
Länge x Breite: 55 x 16 cm

Objektbeschreibung

Two fragmented quipus tied together. Or maybe two fragmented pieces of the same quipu ?

1.
No. of pendants: ca 48

Groups: 6 x 8 pendants

Colors: tans, blue

Color combinations: monochrome, speckled, spliced

Strings: main, pendants, secondaries, topstrings
Ply: S
Diameter: main 3,5mm, pendants and topstrings 1,8 - 2,2mm,secondaries 0,8-2,2mm
Recto/verso (tying pendant to mainstring)?? -as beginning and end of mains cannot be defined. But all same.

Knots:1/1 endknots (like a single knot), 8, long knots (S), single knots (Z)

2. fragment.
Like 1. only here are no spliced pendants but there is one spiral secondary.

Letzte Aktualisierung: 17.03.2026

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Ethnologisches Museum