# Khipu from near Pisco (VA 16135a/b)

> Khipu from near Pisco (VA 16135a/b)

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/monte-sierpe-band-of-holes/artifacts/ART0D5PHCBA4NBR/khipu-from-near-pisco-va-16135a-b  
Publisher: Mysteries Department  
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page)  

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[Mysteries](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries)[Monte Sierpe, the "Band of Holes"](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/monte-sierpe-band-of-holes)[Artifacts](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/monte-sierpe-band-of-holes#artifacts)Khipu from near Pisco (VA 16135a/b)

**ART** 0D5PHCBA4NBR·Artifact · object

# Khipu from near Pisco (VA 16135a/b)

ObjectCC BY-NC-SA 4.0Inca style; excavated about 1900

[Cite]

**Not kept here.** This copy isn't ours to show. [See it where it's published](https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.10237).

Claudia Obrocki (SMB), 1900. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

## Copies 1

**Photo** Claudia Obrocki (SMB) · doi.org · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0Primary source: [Indigenous accounting and exchange at Monte Sierpe ('Band of Holes') in the Pisco Valley, Peru](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D5PGXYC4EXR/indigenous-accounting-and-exchange-at-monte-sierpe-band-of)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.10237)

## Where it was made

[Pisco Valley, Ica region, Peru](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D5PH0MA1N75/pisco-valley-ica-region-peru) · River valley

## Sources 2

- [How Can Data Science Contribute to Understanding the Khipu Code?](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D5PGYXM4GHV/how-can-data-science-contribute-to-understanding-the-khipu)_SRC_
- [Indigenous accounting and exchange at Monte Sierpe ('Band of Holes') in the Pisco Valley, Peru](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D5PGXYC4EXR/indigenous-accounting-and-exchange-at-monte-sierpe-band-of)_SRC_

## Cite it

```
Mysteries Department. (2026). Khipu from near Pisco (VA 16135a/b) [Artifact ART0D5PHCBA4NBR]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D5PHCBA4NBR
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Key

**ART** 0D5PHCBA4NBR

Kind

Object

Held by

Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Dated

Inca style; excavated about 1900

Licence

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Place

[Pisco Valley, Ica region, Peru](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D5PH0MA1N75/pisco-valley-ica-region-peru)

Part of

[Monte Sierpe, the "Band of Holes"](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/monte-sierpe-band-of-holes)

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