AS171/KH0188 - Catalog Information

Section Information
Statistics:
Original Author:  Marcia & Robert Ascher
Museum:  Museum für Völkerkunde, Berlin, Germany
Museum Number:  VA47105
Provenance:  Ica
Region:  Unknown 		# of Cords:   24 (23p, 1s)
# of Unique Cord Colors:  8
Benford Match:  0.9567
# Ascher Sums (pps, ips, cps, sps,...):  7 (4, 2, 0, 0,...)
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   AS171/KH0188
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DataFile:
AS171
Notes:
Ascher Databook Notes:
  1. This is one of several khipus acquired b y the Museum in 1907 with provenance Ica. For a list of them, see UR1100.
  2. By spacing, the khipu is separated into 11 groups of 2 pendants each and then 1 single pendant. In only 4 of the groups are both pendants the same color. All values are between 3 and 42.
Bibliography:

Bibliography for AS171/KH0188:

Year Author Title Pages
1978 Ascher, Marcia, and Robert Ascher. Code of the Quipu: Databook. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor. 698; 1045-1047
2017 Urton, Gary. Inka History in Knots: Reading Khipus as Primary Sources. University of Texas Press, Austin. 261