Quipu/Counting record (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 1450–1540 (Late Horizon period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Inka (Inca) (archaeological) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: John V. Carter (John Victor Carter), Non-Indian, 1899-1962
label: Donor
content: John V. Carter (John Victor Carter), Non-Indian, 1899-1962
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of John Victor Carter (1899-1962, a businessman in the Panama Canal Zone and collector of Peruvian antiquities); acquired by MAI through an exchange with John V. Carter in 1945.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Northern Cordillera de los Andes (Andes Mountains); Peru
setName: label: See related items
content: Inka (Inca) (archaeological)
label: See related items
content: Indigenous Knowledge and Records
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 20/7570
label: Barcode
content: 207570.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Indigenous Knowledge and Records
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Quipu/Counting record (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Cotton yarn
label: Techniques
content: Knotted, tied