MM018 - Catalog Information

Section Information
Statistics:
Original Author:  Manuel Medrano
Museum:  Museo de América, Madrid, Spain
Museum Number:  14809
Provenance:  Unknown
Region:  Unknown
# of Cords:   46
# of Unique Cord Colors:  18
Benford Match:  0.7848
# Ascher Sums (pps, ips, cps, sps,...):  0 (0, 0, 0, 0,...)
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MM018

Notes:

Notes and Obeservations for Khipu MM018


6: repair knot at 9.5cm, additional repair with metal wire at 27.5cm
8: broken after S knot at 22.0cm
12: repair knot at 33.0cm
14: repair knot at 26.0cm
15: additional pendant fragment tied on at 28.0cm (pseudo repair), has 7L knot tied onto it
20: repair knot at 23.0cm with embedded single knots, can't determine how many
21: broken after first S knot in tens' place
23: broken after first S knot in hundreds' place
24: broken, could be marker cord but attachment knot looks like pendant cord
31: broken after 7th S knot in 10s place
43: metal pin from former display inserted in end knot
All khipus I have studied are currently designated "MM", following convention in the field (and until a more suitable replacement convention is agreed upon). Manuel Medrano.
Bibliography:

Bibliography for MM018:

Year Author Title Pages
1972 Ascher, Marcia and Robert Ascher. Numbers and Relations from Ancient Andean Quipus. Archive for History of Exact Sciences 8(4):288–320. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41133342 289; 294-295
1978 Ascher, Marcia, and Robert Ascher. Code of the Quipu: Databook. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor. 9
1988 Ascher, Marcia, and Robert Ascher. Code of the Quipu: Databook II. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 9
1966 Molina Munto, Antonia. El quipu de Madrid. In Actas y Memorias del XXXVI Congreso Internacional de Americanistas (Sevilla, España, 1964). Sevilla, España: 1964. Vol. 1, pp. 519-527. 522-527
1976 Radicati di Primeglio, Carlos. El sistema contable de los Incas: Yupana y Quipu. In Estudios sobre los quipus, edited by Gary Urton, pp. 265-354. Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima. 307; 352