Catalog: KH0207 (AS189)

Section Information
Statistics:
Aliases:   AS189
Contributors:  Marcia & Robert Ascher
Museum:  Museum für Völkerkunde, Berlin, Germany
Museum Number:  VA4334
Provenance:  Pachacamac
Region:  Unknown
# of Groups & Cords:   5 Groups, 35 Cords - (23p, 12s)
# of Unique Cord Colors:  5
Benford Match:  0.7783
# Ascher Sums (pps, ips, cps, sps,...):  12 (4, 1, 2, 2,...)
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   KH0207 (AS189)
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Ascher Decreasing Group
DataFile:
KH0207

Notes:
Ascher Databook Notes:
  1. This is an unraveled E type knot or a twist in the cord.
  2. This is one of several khipus acquired by the Museum in 1907 with provenance Pachacamac. For a list of these khipus, see KH0110.
  3. KH0205, KH0206, and KH0207 were acquired together as part of the contents of a wicker basket. For a description of this collection, see KH0205.
  4. By spacing, the khipu is separated into 4 groups. The first group is separated from the next 3 groups by a large space which included a single pendant cord. Groups 1-3 each have 6 pendants.
  5. Group 4 has all pendants W; groups 2 and 3 have all pendants LB; and group 1 has some of each color. There are no subsidiaries in group 1; all subsidiaries in group 2 are LB: W; and all subsidiaries in groups 3 and 4 are LB-W.
Bibliography:

Bibliography for KH0207 (AS189):

Year Author Title Pages
1978 Ascher, Marcia, and Robert Ascher. Code of the Quipu: Databook. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor. 680; 1123; 1126-1128
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. 36; 43
2017 Urton, Gary. Inka History in Knots: Reading Khipus as Primary Sources. University of Texas Press, Austin. 120; 123; 261