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Ethnologisches Museum Amerikanische Archäologie [V A 37866]
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Khipu (Fragment)

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Description

No. of pendants:37

Groups: 1, 14, 5, 7, 1

Colors: tans

Color combinations: monochrome

Strings: main, pendants, secondaries
Ply: S
Diameter: main 4mm, pendants/secs 1,8 - 2,5mm
Recto(tying pendant to mainstring)

Knots:1/1 endknots (like a single knot), long knots (Z), single knots (Z)
Loose quipu strings are in the bag with the quipu.
Sammler: Gretzer, Wilhelm

Material/Technique

Baumwolle

Measurements

Länge x Breite: 47 x 11 cm

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