KH0634/KH0634 - Catalog Information

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Statistics:

Original Author:  Nicole Rode, Cecilia Pardo
Museum:  British Museum,
Museum Number:  Am1937,0213.84
Provenance:  Unknown
Region:  Unknown

# of Cords:   42 (23p, 19s)
# of Unique Cord Colors:  10
Benford Match:  0.8873
# Ascher Sums (pps, ips, cps, sps,...):  6 (4, 0, 0, 2,...)
Similar Khipu:  Previous (UR254)  Next (KH0635)

KH0634/KH0634

Pendant Pendant Sum

Subsidiary Pendant Sum

DataFile:

KH0634

Notes:

Fieldguide Notes:

Khipu 2 of 3 (three khipus tied together).
The primary cords of khipu 1 & 2 have been joined by tying them in an overhand knot. The primary cords of khipu 2 & 3 have been joined by winding two mottled cords around each khipu's primary cords.
The mottled cords are the style and thickness of pendant cords, colour codes YB:DB and PR:FB.

All cords appear to be made of cotton

These khipus are discussed in the following videos:
Inca Khipu: The record and writing system made entirely of knots | Curator's Corner S6 Ep9
Migrating ancient Inca data to an opensource database | Khipu to Excel | Curator's Corner S6 Ep10