Inka Khipu (Fiber Recording Device)
c. 1400–1532
Maker Unknown
Textiles
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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John Wise 1940.469
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Miscellaneous
- Formatted Medium
- cords, knotted and twisted; cotton and wool
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1940.469
- Credit Line
- Gift of John Wise
- Exhibitions
- Art of the Americas, Exhibition of Peruvian Art, Fiberworks: Tradition and Technique, Andean Gallery 107 Rotation, Exhibition of Peruvian Art.. The Museum of Primitive Art, New York, NY (November 20, 1963-February 2, 1964).<br>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.<br>Gallery 107 textile rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 20, 2002-January 26, 2004).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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