Reproduction Quipu

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Date Introduced
2010
Photographer
Richards, Mark
Manufacturer
Brezine, Carrie
Credit Line
Commissioned by the Computer History Museum
Copyright Owner
© Mark Richards
Object ID
102718933

Quipu are knotted textile record-keeping devices used by the Incans (1400 CE to 1532). This reproduction is of a Quipu from Pachacamac, an important ritual center on the coast of Peru.