AS101 - Part 2/KH0115 - Catalog Information

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Original Author:  Marcia & Robert Ascher
Museum:  Museum für Völkerkunde, Berlin, Germany
Museum Number:  VA42528
Provenance:  Pachacamac
Region:  Unknown 		# of Cords:   28 (16p, 12s)
# of Unique Cord Colors:  8
Benford Match:  0.6073
# Ascher Sums (pps, ips, cps, sps,...):  2 (2, 0, 0, 0,...)
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   AS101 - Part 2/KH0115
Pendant Pendant Sum
DataFile:
AS101 - Part 2
Notes:
Ascher Databook Notes:
  1. Only clusters of single knots are used on both parts of the khipu. The lower knot cluster position has been interpreted as the units position and the higher as the tens position.
  2. Construction note: AS101 - Part 2 consists of 2 khipus. The twisted ends of the main cords of the 2 parts are tied together with a square knot.
  3. This is one of several khipus acquired by the Museum in 1907 with provenance Pachacamac. For a list of them, see UR1097.
  4. Parts I and II are related by color and value patterning.
    1. By color and spacing, Part I is 3 groups of 3 pendants each while Part II is 4 groups of 4 pendants each. The relationship of the colors of the pendants and subsidiaries for both parts is shown in Table 1.
    2. In Part I, in every group, for pendants and subsidiaries, the value of position 1 equals the value of position 3. Thus, each group has an ABA pattern. In Part II, in every group, for pendants and subsidiaries, the value of position 1 equals the value of position 2 equals the value of position 4. Thus, each group has an AABA pattern. The values of the pendants and subsidiaries for both parts is shown in Table 2.


    TABLE 1

    Part IPart II
    Pendants in group 1LB or WPendants in group 1LB
    Subsidiaries in group 1G0Subsidiaries in group 1G0, GY, or LB:W
    Pendants in group 2WPendants in group 2W
    Subsidiaries in group 2:s1lKBSubsidiaries in group 2KB
    Subsidiaries in group 2:s2LB:WPendants in group 3LB:W
    Pendants in group 3DB or DB:LBPendants in group 4DB or DB:LB
    Subsidiaries in group 3DB:LBSubsidiaries in group 4DB:LB


    TABLE 2

    Part IPart II
    Pendants in group 116,18,16Pendants in group 13,3,7,3
    Subsidiaries in group 18,14,8Subsidiaries in group 12,2,5,2
    Pendants in group 23,4,3Pendants in group 27,7,9,7
    Subsidiaries in group 2:sl3,4,3Subsidiaries in group 23,3, 4, 3
    Subsidiaries in group 2:s216,18,16Pendants in group 33,3,7,3
    Pendants in group 33,4,3Pendants in group 46,6,12,6
    Subsidiaries in group 316,18,16Subsidiaries in group 44,4,6,4
Bibliography:

Bibliography for AS101 - Part 2/KH0115:

Year Author Title Pages
1978 Ascher, Marcia, and Robert Ascher. Code of the Quipu: Databook. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor. 680; 700; 701-704
1981 Ascher, Marcia, and Robert Ascher. Code of the Quipu: A Study in Media, Mathematics, and Culture. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor. 122; 123-124 (ex.6.8)
2002 Ascher, Marcia. Labels, Structure, and Format. In Narrative Threads: Accounting and Recounting in Andean Khipu, edited by Jeffrey Quilter and Gary Urton, pp. 87-102. University of Texas Press, Austin. 100-101; 102
2010 Chirinos Rivera, Andrés. Quipus del Tahuantinsuyo: Curacas, Incas y su saber matemático en el siglo XVI. Editorial Commentarios, Lima. 235; 238; 257-262; 268; 340
2024 Hyland, Sabine. Knot Anomalies on Inka Khipus: Revising Locke’s Knot Typology. In IX International Conference on Pre-Columbian and Amerindian Textiles / 9th International Conference on Pre-Columbian and Amerindian Textiles, Museo delle Culture, Milan, 2022, pp. 162-180. Zea Books, Lincoln, Nebraska. 172
2010 Urton, Gary. Recording measure(ment)s in the Inka khipu. In The archaeology of measurement: comprehending heaven, earth and time in ancient societies, edited by Iain Morley and Colin Renfrew, pp. 54-68. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 59
2014 Urton, Gary. Quipus de Pachamac. Ministerio de Cultura, Lima. 43
2017 Urton, Gary. Inka History in Knots: Reading Khipus as Primary Sources. University of Texas Press, Austin. 123; 261