AS122/KH0136 - Catalog Information

Section Information
Statistics:
Original Author:  Marcia & Robert Ascher
Museum:  Museum für Völkerkunde, Berlin, Germany
Museum Number:  VA11639
Provenance:  Lima
Region:  Unknown 		# of Cords:   9 (8p, 1s)
# of Unique Cord Colors:  1
Benford Match:  0.7658
# Ascher Sums (pps, ips, cps, sps,...):  0 (0, 0, 0, 0,...)
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DataFile:
AS122
Notes:
Ascher Databook Notes:
  1. Construction note: The twisted end of cord 1 is linked through the twisted end of the main cord so that it dangles fromthe end of the main cord. (See diagram for UR1100.)
  2. This khipu was acquired by the Museum in 1895 with provenance Lima.
  3. Assuming that pendant cord 3 has value 81, the value on cord 1 is the sum of the pendant values and the value knotted on the main cord.
Bibliography:

Bibliography for AS122/KH0136:

Year Author Title Pages
1978 Ascher, Marcia, and Robert Ascher. Code of the Quipu: Databook. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor. 804
1981 Ascher, Marcia, and Robert Ascher. Code of the Quipu: A Study in Media, Mathematics, and Culture. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor. 15; 89; 157
2017 Urton, Gary. Inka History in Knots: Reading Khipus as Primary Sources. University of Texas Press, Austin. 261