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Peabody Museum Khipu
The khipu on this page are from the collection of the Peabody Museum
of Archeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
The headings for each photo are the museum object numbers.
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32-30-30 53
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Two cotton khipu attached together. UR42.
Photo courtesy of Peabody Museum, Harvard University.
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Cotton khipu. UR40.
Photo courtesy of Peabody Museum, Harvard University.
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32-30-30 55
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Cotton khipu. Eight groups of cords; pendants knotted in
three levels. UR41.
Photo courtesy of Peabody Museum, Harvard University.
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Cotton khipu.UR44
Photo courtesy of Peabody Museum, Harvard University.
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Cotton khipu. UR43.
Photo courtesy of Peabody Museum, Harvard University.
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Large cotton khipu. This khipu features a needlework bundle
at one end of the primary cord, markers along the length of
the primary cord, and more than 400 pendants. AS32.
Photo courtesy of Peabody Museum, Harvard University.
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42-28-30 4532: detail
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Detail of above khipu, showing needlework bundle.
Photo courtesy of Peabody Museum, Harvard University.
Photo T4547F
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4532: detail |
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Detail showing a portion of the closely packed strings along
the primary cord. In this image one can see a few blue and
barber-pole cords.
Photo courtesy of Peabody Museum, Harvard University.
Photo T4548F
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41-52-30 2938
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Group of cotton khipu. The primary cords of these khipu are
attached together to form a ring. There are 7 distinct khipu
in this arrangement. AS33 A-G.
Photo courtesy of Peabody Museum, Harvard University.
Photo T4561F
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A view of several of the joined khipu, showing their primary
cords hanging as loops from another main cord.
Photo courtesy of Peabody Museum, Harvard University.
Photo T4562F
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