AS173/KH0190 - Ascher Decreasing Group
Drawings:
Ascher Decreasing Group:
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# | Decreasing Group Schema | Group Position 1 Based Index |
# Cords in Group | Decreasing Cord Values |
---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 3 | 5 | B@[3, 1]:66 + W@[3, 2]:20 + YB@[3, 3]:38 + YB@[3, 4]:21 + YB@[3, 5]:7 |
Khipu Notes:
Ascher Databook Notes:
- This is one of several khipus acquired by the Museum in 1904 with provenance between Ica and Pisco. For a discussion of them, see UR1098.
- By spacing there are 3 groups of 2, 6, and 5 pendants respectively. All pendants in group 2 are of the same color.
- Several pendants have multiple unit knots so that there may be as many as 3 distinct values in a position. (See, for example, P12.)
- The last 3 pendants in group 3 are united by being the same color. The value of the first pendant in the group is the sum of the values of these last 3 pendants.