QU010
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Original Author: Kylie Quave Museum: Dallas Museum of Art Museum Number: B374/T41299.31 Provenance: Inka, Late Horizon Region: Unknown |
Total Number of Cords: 49 Number of Ascher Cord Colors: 10 Benford Match: 0.606 Similar Khipu: Previous Next Datafile: QU010 |
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Khipu Notes
Fragmentary khipu with subsidiary main cord and subsidiary cords
Khipu fragment with 2 main cords
Includes 2 scrap packages
A = 4 fragments; B = 12 fragments
Blues here are greenish and faded.
Main cord is S-plied dark tan, plied at left and severed at right. Measures 7 inches, 18 centimeters with a light brown subsidiary main cord, almost as large, plied through its own ply. In this way, they are interlocked and become one main cord. The light brown section has a knotted end and measures 10 / 25.5 for a total main cord length of 17 / 43.5.
The so-called "blue" strings may have originally been dyed green (as they now appear).
Very large knot values, but a lot of broken strings, so perhaps not possible to analyze numbers.
Khipu fragment with 2 main cords
Includes 2 scrap packages
A = 4 fragments; B = 12 fragments
Blues here are greenish and faded.
Main cord is S-plied dark tan, plied at left and severed at right. Measures 7 inches, 18 centimeters with a light brown subsidiary main cord, almost as large, plied through its own ply. In this way, they are interlocked and become one main cord. The light brown section has a knotted end and measures 10 / 25.5 for a total main cord length of 17 / 43.5.
The so-called "blue" strings may have originally been dyed green (as they now appear).
Very large knot values, but a lot of broken strings, so perhaps not possible to analyze numbers.
Loose Cords belonging to QU010:
Cord_Name | Attachment | Ascher_Color | Length | Knot String | Knot Value | Termination | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | YB | 8 | 0 | Camelid fiber | |||
2 | KB | 13 | 3L(4.0,U) | 3 | B | Belongs to 1A? | |
3 | KB:YB | 9 | 8S(6.0,U) | 80 | B | Correct register? | |
4 | 0 | ||||||
5 | PB | 33 | 6S(9.0,U) | 60 | Cord 24 or 34? | ||
6 | PB | 32 | 2S(10.0,U);4L(19.0,U) | 124 | Cord 24 or 34? | ||
7 | PB | 24 | 1E(16.0,U) | 901 | Cord 24 or 34? | ||
8 | BB | 24 | 1S(4.5,);7S(10.0,U);1E(16.5,U) | 71 | Cord 17-19,22,40,43? | ||
9 | BB | 24 | 9S(5.0,S);1S(7.5,U);9L(13.0,S) | 19 | Cord 17-19,22,40,43? | ||
10 | KB:YB | 4.5 | 2S(2.5,U) | 20 | B | ||
11 | PB | 25 | 1S(12.0,U) | 110 | Cord 24 or 34? | ||
12 | BB | 28 | 7L(15.0,U) | 7 | Cord 17-19,22,40,43? |