AS132/KH0148 - Catalog Information

Section Information
Statistics:
Original Author:  Marcia & Robert Ascher
Museum:  Museum für Völkerkunde, Berlin, Germany
Museum Number:  VA24369 A
Provenance:  Marquez
Region:  Unknown 		# of Cords:   15 (11p, 4s)
# of Unique Cord Colors:  5
Benford Match:  0.557
# Ascher Sums (pps, ips, cps, sps,...):  0 (0, 0, 0, 0,...)
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   AS132/KH0148
DataFile:
AS132
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 from the end of the main cord. (See diagram for UR1100.)
  2. This is one of several khipus acquired by the Museum in 1899 with provenance Marquez. This group includes UR1106, AS 107, UR1124, AS132, and AS133. For a comparison of them, see UR1106.
Bibliography:

Bibliography for AS132/KH0148:

Year Author Title Pages
1978 Ascher, Marcia, and Robert Ascher. Code of the Quipu: Databook. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor. 720; 722; 868-869
2017 Urton, Gary. Inka History in Knots: Reading Khipus as Primary Sources. University of Texas Press, Austin. 261