Illustration
Khipu (quipu) or record-knots were used by ancient Andean cultures such as the Inca in order to record and transfer information and records. (Museum of Colchagua, Santa Cruz, Chile)
License
This image was first published on Flickr.
Original image by Jack Zalium. Uploaded by Mark Cartwright, published on 07 May 2014 under the following license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.
Related Images
Inca Civilization
Quipu
Inca Art
Pizarro & the Fall of the Inca Empire
Daily Life in the Inca Empire
Cusco
Cite This Work
APA Style
Zalium, J. (2014, May 07). Khipu. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2619/khipu/
Chicago Style
Zalium, Jack. "Khipu." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified May 07, 2014. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2619/khipu/.
MLA Style
Zalium, Jack. "Khipu." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 07 May 2014. Web. 27 Oct 2021.