AS134/KH0150 - Catalog Information

Section Information
Statistics:
Original Author:  Marcia & Robert Ascher
Museum:  Museum für Völkerkunde, Berlin, Germany
Museum Number:  VA42581
Provenance:  Pachacamac
Region:  Unknown
# of Cords:   13
# of Unique Cord Colors:  2
Benford Match:  0.328
# Ascher Sums (pps, ips, cps, sps,...):  1 (0, 0, 0, 0,...)
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Ascher Decreasing Group
DataFile:
AS134

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 1907 with provenance Pachacamac. For a list of them, see UR1097.
  3. By spacing, the khipu is separated into 3 groups of 2 pendants each and then 2 groups of 3 pendants each. In each group of 2 pendants, the color order is LB, W.
Bibliography:

Bibliography for AS134/KH0150:

Year Author Title Pages
1978 Ascher, Marcia, and Robert Ascher. Code of the Quipu: Databook. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor. 680; 874-875
2006 Pereyra Sánchez, Hugo. Descripción de los quipus del Museo de Sitio de Pachacamac. Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica, Lima. 14
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