Catalog: KH0051 (UR1040, AS040)

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Aliases:   UR1040, AS040
Contributors:  Marcia & Robert Ascher
Museum:  Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Antropología e Historia del Perú, Lima, Peru
Museum Number:  unnumbered
Provenance:  Unknown
Region:  Unknown 		# of Groups & Cords:   3 Groups, 45 Cords - (27p, 18s)
# of Unique Cord Colors:  2
Benford Match:  0.8035
# Ascher Sums (pps, ips, cps, sps,...):  1 (1, 0, 0, 0,...)
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   KH0051 (UR1040, AS040)
Pendant Pendant Sum
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KH0051
Notes:
Ascher Databook Notes:
  1. There are 3 groups of 9 pendants each by spacing. Each group has the same color pattern and is divided into subgroups by color: 3W followed by 6LB. Within each of the 3 groups, positions 2 and 3 have no subsidiaries, and position 1 has 1 subsidiary. Subsidiaries in position 1 are W, and the subsidiaries in positions 4-9 are LB. Hence, W pendants have W subsidiaries, and LB pendants have LB subsidiaries.
  2. The 27 pendant values range from O to 108. Many are repeated more than once: 0 is present 3 times; 23 twice; 40 twice; 46 three times; 63 three times; and 64 twice. So, in all, there are 18 different values. All 8 values that are 63 or above can be represented as the sum of two other pendant values and all 8 values 51 or below can be part of such an addition. Also, in both Groups 1 and 2: P4+PS+P8 = P7
Bibliography:

Bibliography for KH0051 (UR1040, AS040):

Year Author Title Pages
1978 Ascher, Marcia, and Robert Ascher. Code of the Quipu: Databook. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor. 222-224
2010 Chirinos Rivera, Andrés. Quipus del Tahuantinsuyo: Curacas, Incas y su saber matemático en el siglo XVI. Editorial Commentarios, Lima. 92; 238; 268; 270-277; 339
2017 Urton, Gary. Inka History in Knots: Reading Khipus as Primary Sources. University of Texas Press, Austin. 263