UR037/KH0269 - Catalog Information

Section Information
Statistics:
Original Author:  Gary Urton
Museum:  Museo Amano,
Museum Number:  R4248
Provenance:  Unknown
Region:  Unknown
# of Cords:   171 (167p, 4s)
# of Unique Cord Colors:  12
Benford Match:  0.5291
# Ascher Sums (pps, ips, cps, sps,...):  41 (16, 5, 12, 0,...)
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   UR037/KH0269
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UR037

Notes:
1. Beginning knot has addition threads woven through it. Threads are light brown, light blue, red.
1. Beginning knot has addition threads woven through it. Threads are light brown, light blue, red.
2. Markers are approximately 1 cm long thread wrapped sections. Colors of wrapping threads match colors of threads in beginning knot of primary cord (light brown, light blue, red).
3. First pendant is attached to primary cord by a single granny knot around primary cord. The end of the pendant cord is doubled. Khipu is stitched down so cannot see the actual knot. End of the pendant protrudes 2 cm from top of primary cord. Total length including knotted part is approximately 26.5 cm. Subsidiary position read from main cord.
Bibliography:

Bibliography for UR037/KH0269:

Year Author Title Pages
1999 Arellano Hoffmann, Carmen. Quipu y tocapu: Sistemas de comunicación inca. In Los Incas: Arte y símbolos, edited by Franklin Pease G. Y., Craig Morris, Julián I. Santillana, et al., pp. 215–261. Banco de Crédito del Perú, Lima. -
2024 Milillo, Lucrezia. Inka Khipus, Thread Wrappings and Subject Markers. In IX International Conference on Pre-Columbian and Amerindian Textiles / 9th International Conference on Pre-Columbian and Amerindian Textiles, Museo delle Culture, Milan, 2022, pp. 146-161. Zea Books, Lincoln, Nebraska. 153
2020 Pancorvo Salicetti, Anel, (editor). Quipus y quipucamayoc: Codificación y administración en el antiguo Perú. Apus Graph Ediciones, Lima. Salicetti, Anel, (editor). Quipus y quipucamayoc: Codificación y administración en el antiguo Perú. Apus Graph Ediciones, Lima. 320
2015 Rojas-Gamarra, Milton, and Marina Stepanova. Sistema de NumeraciónInka En La Yupana y El Khipu. Revista Latinoamericana de Etnomatemática:Perspectivas Socioculturales de La Educación Matemática 8(3):46-68. -
2017 Urton, Gary. Inka History in Knots: Reading Khipus as Primary Sources. University of Texas Press, Austin. 263