Fotonachweis: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Ines Seibt CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Objektbeschreibung
The quipu consists of two fragments - a and b - and a bunch of loose strings -c.
a
No. of pendants:47
Groups: 12 x 4
Colors: tans
Color combinations: monochrome, speckled
Strings: main, pendants,
Ply: S
Diameter: main 2mm, pendants 1,5-2,5mm
Recto/verso (tying pendant to mainstring) R and V.
Knots:1/1 endknots (like a single knot), 8, long knots (S), single knots (Z)
b:
No. of pendants: 20
Groups: 5 x 4
Colors: tans
Color combinations: monochrome, speckled
Strings: main, pendants,
Ply: S
Diameter: main 2mm, pendants 1,5 - 2,5mm
Recto/verso (tying pendant to mainstring) R and V
Knots:1/1 endknots (like a single knot), long knots (S), single knots (Z)
c: loose strings