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Khipu Fragment

Inca (attrib by Nobuko Kajatani and Anne Rowe, 1993); Late Horizon (range attrib by NK and AR, 1993)

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Inca (attrib by Nobuko Kajatani and Anne Rowe, 1993); Late Horizon (range attrib by NK and AR, 1993). Khipu Fragment, 1400–1532. Cotton, 15 1/2 × 2 1/2 × 1/8 in. (39.4 × 6.4 × 0.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ernest Erickson, 70.177.70. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Khipu Fragment

Date

1400–1532

Period

Pre-Columbian

Medium

Cotton

Classification

Tool

Dimensions

15 1/2 × 2 1/2 × 1/8 in. (39.4 × 6.4 × 0.3 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Ernest Erickson

Accession Number

70.177.70

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Artists and makers

Inca

97 works in the collection

Late Horizon

33 works in the collection