AS139/KH0155 - Catalog Information

Section Information
Statistics:
Original Author:  Marcia & Robert Ascher
Museum:  Museum für Völkerkunde, Berlin, Germany
Museum Number:  VA42598
Provenance:  Pachacamac
Region:  Unknown
# of Cords:   14 (13p, 1s)
# of Unique Cord Colors:  3
Benford Match:  0.8116
# Ascher Sums (pps, ips, cps, sps,...):  0 (0, 0, 0, 0,...)
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   AS139/KH0155
DataFile:
AS139

Notes:
Ascher Databook Notes:
  1. This is one of several khipus acquired by the Museum in 1907 with provenance Pachacamac. For a list of them, see UR1097.
  2. Stored with the khipu are 9 pendant blanks and 3 pendant fragments. The colors of the pendant blanks are 1 MB, 1 MB:W, 2 MB:W/W, and 5 MB:LC/W.
Bibliography:

Bibliography for AS139/KH0155:

Year Author Title Pages
1978 Ascher, Marcia, and Robert Ascher. Code of the Quipu: Databook. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor. 680; 901-902
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