Khipu (Quipu)
Unidentified Inca maker
1438-1532
Plant fiber
Overall: 11 13/16 × 18 1/2 in. (30 × 47 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Acquired by exchange from the Museum of the American Indian, New York, New York
55.32.13302
Geography
Place Made: Nasca region, Peru, South America
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Written Communication
Research Area
Americas
Not on view
Course History
ANTH 23, LACS 44, The Incas, Alan Covey, Winter 2012
ANTH 24, Early Civilizations of the Andes, Alan Covey, Spring 2014
First Year Student Enrichment Program, Francine A'Ness, Summer 2021
Exhibition History
Oculate Beings and Horrible Birds: Image and Meaning in Ancient Andean Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 30, 1999-November 5, 2000, no. 45.
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of José A. Gayoso (born about 1898, a landowner in Chongoyape, Peru, who sidelined in excavating and selling antiquities); Museum of the American Indian, New York, New York (#7/8830); acquired by present collection in Exchange No. 93, 1955.
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