Watercolor painting

Museum number:
17-424
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21170000424
Accession number:
Acc.2049
Description:
Quipu, multicolored knotted strings laid out in circular pattern.
Donor:
Older University Collections
Collector:
R. Robles
Place depicted:
Peru
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Watercolors (paintings)
Accession date:
1950s
Department:
Drawings and paintings
Dimensions:
height 119.38 centimeters and width 152.4 centimeters
Title:
untitled (Title Subject)
Comment:
Probably Peru, probably Inca. Found uncataloged ca. 1950, note on back reads "Inka-83" and "Kipu.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Watercolor painting, accession number 17-424, described as Quipu, multicolored knotted strings laid out in circular pattern.

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