Object Details
- Culture/People
- probably Inka (Inca) (archaeological) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (Major National University of San Marcos), 1553-
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (Major National University of San Marcos) in Lima, Peru; acquired by MAI in 1925 through an exchange with the Universidad Nacional Mayor.
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- Date created
- AD 1450–1532 (Late Horizon period)
- Catalog Number
- 14/3866
- Barcode
- 143866.000
- Object Type
- Indigenous Knowledge and Records
- Indigenous Term
- khipu
- Object Name
- Quipu/Counting record
- Media/Materials
- Cotton cord/cordage, dye/dyes
- Techniques
- Tied, knotted
- Dimensions
- 61.50 x 64.50 cm
- Place
- Chulpaca; Ica Province; Ica Region; Peru
- See related items
- Inka (Inca) (archaeological)
- Indigenous Knowledge and Records
- On View
- NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Andes
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_154591
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws63207afad-e65f-46bd-bb4e-cbd6b6e0b22f
