UR1124 Detail 1/KH0139 - Catalog Information

Section Information
Statistics:
Original Name:   AS124 Detail 1
Original Author:  Marcia & Robert Ascher
Museum:  Museum für Völkerkunde, Berlin, Germany
Museum Number:  VA24371
Provenance:  Marquez
Region:  Unknown
# of Cords:   28 (23p, 5s)
# of Unique Cord Colors:  4
Benford Match:  0.9605
# Ascher Sums (pps, ips, cps, sps,...):  0 (0, 0, 0, 0,...)
Similar Khipu:  Previous (UR1107)  Next (UR1103)
   UR1124 Detail 1/KH0139
DataFile:
UR1124 Detail 1

Notes:
1. The khipu is attached to a carved piece of wood. The wood has 8 holes through which the khipu is threaded. Fig 1 shows the way in which the khipu is attached. Fig 2 show more details. (See Ascher and Ascher 1987:815)
2. This is one of several khipus acquired by the Museum in 1899 with the provenance "Marquez". This group includes UR1106, UR1107, UR1124, AS132, and AS133. See UR1106 for a comparison.
See Fig 1 also for attachment of this khipu to UR1124 (1000080)
Bibliography:

Bibliography for UR1124 Detail 1/KH0139:

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. -
1978 Ascher, Marcia, and Robert Ascher. Code of the Quipu: Databook. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor. 720; 813-816
1981 Ascher, Marcia, and Robert Ascher. Code of the Quipu: A Study in Media, Mathematics, and Culture. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor. 15; 96
2014 Cherkinsky, Alexander, and Gary Urton. Radiocarbon Chronology of Andean Khipus. Open Journal of Archaeometry 2(5260):32-36. 33; 34; 36
2017 Urton, Gary. Inka History in Knots: Reading Khipus as Primary Sources. University of Texas Press, Austin. 126-131; 261