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Inka Khipu (Fiber Recording Device)

c. 1400–1532

Peru, Inca Period, 15th-16th Century

cords, knotted and twisted; cotton and wool
Overall: 113 x 137.2 cm (44 1/2 x 54 in.); Mounted: 119.4 x 143.5 cm (47 x 56 1/2 in.)
Gift of John Wise 1940.469
Location: Not on view
  • Andean Gallery 107 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 21, 2002-January 26, 2004).
    Gallery 107 textile rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 20, 2002-January 26, 2004).
    Objects for the Afterlife: A Selection from Early Peru. Beck Center, Lakewood, OH (February 2-March 17, 1985); The School of Fine Arts, Willoughby, OH (January 11-March 2, 1986); Ashtabula Arts Center, Ashtabula, OH (April 12- June 1, 1986). exh. cat. no. 64.
    Fiberworks: Tradition and Technique. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 5-November 11, 1977).
    Exhibition of Peruvian Art. The Museum of Primitive Art, New York, NY (organizer) (November 20, 1963-February 2, 1964).
    Exhibition of Peruvian Art.. The Museum of Primitive Art, New York, NY (November 20, 1963-February 2, 1964).
    Art of the Americas. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 9, 1945-January 6, 1946).
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