Khipu (Quipu)
Unidentified Inca maker
after 1000
Plant fiber dyed
Overall: 19 11/16 × 17 5/16 in. (50 × 44 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
43.4.8575
Geography
Place Made: Peru, South America
Period
1000-1400
Object Name
Written Communication
Research Area
Americas
Not on view
Course History
ANTH 57, Origins of Inequality, Alan Covey, Winter 2013
ANTH 24, Early Civilizations of the Andes, Alan Covey, Spring 2014
ENGS 2, Integrated Design: Engineering, Architecture, and Building Technology, Jack Wilson, Vicki May, Winter 2015
ENGS 2, Integrated Design: Engineering, Architecture, and Building Technology, Jack Wilson, Vicki May, Winter 2015
ENGS 2, Integrated Design: Engineering, Architecture, and Building Technology, Jack Wilson, Vicki May, Winter 2015
WRIT 7.28, Team Communication & Identity: One Team, Two Teams, Red Team, Blue Team, Svetlana Grushina, Winter 2020
WRIT 7.28, Team Communication & Identity: One Team, Two Teams, Red Team, Blue Team, Svetlana Grushina, Spring 2021
COCO 21, What's In Your Shoebox?, Francine A'Ness and Mokhtar Bouba, Spring 2022
Exhibition History
Objects and Power: Manifestations of Inequality, a student curated exhibition, Professor Alan Covey, ANTH 57, Winter 2013, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 10-August 25, 2013.
Provenance
John C. Wise (1902-1981) Ltd., New York; sold to present collection, 1943.
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