AS010/KH0011 - Catalog Information

Section Information
Statistics:
Original Author:  Marcia & Robert Ascher
Museum:  Niedersächsische Landesmuseum, Hannover, Germany
Museum Number:  6271
Provenance:  Unknown
Region:  Unknown 		# of Cords:   28 (25p, 2t, 1s)
# of Unique Cord Colors:  4
Benford Match:  0.7838
# Ascher Sums (pps, ips, cps, sps,...):  6 (5, 0, 0, 1,...)
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   AS010/KH0011
Pendant Pendant Sum
Subsidiary Pendant Sum
DataFile:
AS010
Notes:
Fieldguide Notes:

This khipus has 2 interesting field-marks:
  1. Top cord set 1 equals the sum of cords 9 through 16 which equals 51
  2. Top cord set 2 equals the number of grouped cords (7 groups of 3 cords each)


Ascher Databook Notes:
  1. All cords have end knots making this a well-preserved specimen.
  2. Association by color gives one possible grouping while spacing gives another: by color groups of 4,3,7,3,1,2; by spacing groups of 6,3,3,6,3,2.
  3. Top cord P18 has value of 21 equaling the number of grouped cords (7 groups of 3 cords each) - excluding last two set off by main cord knot.
  4. The value of top cord P1 plus the value of its subsidiary P1s1 equals 51. The total value of the first 7 pendants is 51 (I could not replicate this conclusion -  Ashok) and the total value of the next 7 pendants is 51.    Ashok added:   That is:

    P1 + P1s1 = 51
    \[ \sum\limits_{i=2}^{8} P_{i} = 58\; \]
    \[ \sum\limits_{i=9}^{16} P_{i} = 51\; \]
Bibliography:

Bibliography for AS010/KH0011:

Year Author Title Pages
1978 Ascher, Marcia, and Robert Ascher. Code of the Quipu: Databook. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor. 31-33
1981 Ascher, Marcia, and Robert Ascher. Code of the Quipu: A Study in Media, Mathematics, and Culture. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor. 15
2009 Beynon-Davies, Paul. Significant threads: the nature of data. International Journal of Information Management 29(3):170-188. 181-182
2017 Urton, Gary. Inka History in Knots: Reading Khipus as Primary Sources. University of Texas Press, Austin. 262