AS186/KH0204 - Catalog Information

Section Information
Statistics:
Original Author:  Marcia & Robert Ascher
Museum:  Museum für Völkerkunde, Berlin, Germany
Museum Number:  unnumbered
Provenance:  Unknown
Region:  Unknown
# of Cords:   64 (32p, 32s)
# of Unique Cord Colors:  11
Benford Match:  0.8454
# Ascher Sums (pps, ips, cps, sps,...):  3 (2, 0, 0, 1,...)
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   AS186/KH0204
Pendant Pendant Sum
Subsidiary Pendant Sum
DataFile:
AS186

Notes:
Ascher Databook Notes:
  1. AS182-AS186 are associated in that they are tied together. For a comparison of them, see AS182.
  2. By spacing, the khipu is separated into 3 parts of 2, 3, and 2 groups respectively. Although the groups differ in the number of pendants, within each part there is some shared color pattern:
    1. Both groups in part 1 have 3 consecutive pendants MB, LC, and R (with an R:W subsidiary);
    2. Each of the 3 groups in part 2 have 4 consecutive pendants YB (with 3 subsidiaries YB, LB:LC, W), LC, R (with an R:W subsidiary), and MB:W (with an FB:W subsidiary); and
    3. Each of the 2 groups in part 3 have a W pendant followed by a YB pendant.
Bibliography:

Bibliography for AS186/KH0204:

Year Author Title Pages
1978 Ascher, Marcia, and Robert Ascher. Code of the Quipu: Databook. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor. 1111; 1119-1122
2017 Urton, Gary. Inka History in Knots: Reading Khipus as Primary Sources. University of Texas Press, Austin. 261