AS142/KH0158 - Catalog Information

Section Information
Statistics:
Original Author:  Marcia & Robert Ascher
Museum:  Museum für Völkerkunde, Berlin, Germany
Museum Number:  VA47124B
Provenance:  Ica
Region:  Unknown 		# of Cords:   18 (12p, 6s)
# of Unique Cord Colors:  2
Benford Match:  0.7767
# Ascher Sums (pps, ips, cps, sps,...):  0 (0, 0, 0, 0,...)
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   AS142/KH0158
DataFile:
AS142
Notes:
Ascher Databook Notes:
  1. Construction note: The main cord is finished by being bent back and inserted through its own strands.
  2. This is one of several khipus acquired by the Museum in 1907 with provenance Ica. For a list of these khipus, see UR1100.
  3. UR1141 and AS142 are designated by the same Museum number. For a comparison of them, see UR1141.
  4. By spacing, there are 2 groups of 6 pendants each. All pendants and the main cord are color W. There is one subsidiary on each pendant in the first group. All subsidiaries are B.
Bibliography:

Bibliography for AS142/KH0158:

Year Author Title Pages
1978 Ascher, Marcia, and Robert Ascher. Code of the Quipu: Databook. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor. 698; 917; 919-920
2017 Urton, Gary. Inka History in Knots: Reading Khipus as Primary Sources. University of Texas Press, Austin. 261