UR179/KH0417 - Catalog Information

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Statistics:

Original Author:  Gary Urton
Museum:  American Museum of Natural History,
Museum Number:  B/3453B
Provenance:  Cajamarquilla
Region:  Unknown

# of Cords:   18
# of Unique Cord Colors:  3
Benford Match:  0.0
# Ascher Sums (pps, ips, cps, sps,...):  0 (0, 0, 0, 0,...)
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UR179/KH0417

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UR179

Notes:

As on B/3453A, the knots of B/3453B, C, and D are generally no-axis knots. However, the smallest, "single type" knots do have axes.

Bibliography:

Bibliography for UR179/KH0417:

Year	Author	Title	Pages
1923	Locke, L. Leland.	The Ancient Quipu or Peruvian Knot Record. American Museum of Natural History, New York.	8; 13; 24-25
1970	Mackey, Carol.	Knot Records in Ancient and Modern Peru. PhD dissertation, Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley.	34; 211
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.	350