KH0185/AS168 - Pendant Pendant Sum

Aliases: AS168
Contributors: Marcia & Robert Ascher
Museum: Museum für Völkerkunde (Ethnologische Museum)
Museum Number: VA66813
Provenance: Unknown
Region: Unknown 		Total Number of Cords: 18
% Right-Handed Sums:100% (2 of 2)
% Left-Handed Sums:0% (0 of 2)
Catalog: KH0185
Khipu Notes: Khipu Notes

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Khipu Notes

Ascher Databook Notes:
  1. By spacing, the khipu is separated into 9 pairs of pendants.
  2. Assuming that pendant 18 has value 29, the sum of the values on the first pendants in each pair equals the sum of the values on the second pendants. That is:
    \[ \sum\limits_{i=1}^{9} P_{2i-1} = \sum\limits_{i=1}^{9} P_{2i} \]
    where Pi is the value of the ith pendant.