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: José A. Gayoso (José Galloso), Non-Indian, 1898-1970
label: Seller
content: José A. Gayoso (José Galloso), Non-Indian, 1898-1970
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of José A. Gayoso (1898-1970, a landowner in Chongoyape, Peru, who sidelined in excavating and selling antiquities); purchased by MAI from José Gayoso in 1930.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Nasca (Nazca) region; 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: 17/8825
label: Barcode
content: 178825.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Indigenous Knowledge and Records
label: Indigenous Term
content: khipu
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Quipu/Counting record (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Cotton cord/cordage, agave/maguey fiber cordage, vegetal dye/dyes
label: Techniques
content: Dyed, plied, spun, knotted, looped, tied
label: Dimensions
content: 105.00 x 46.00 cm