UR087/KH0323

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Khipu Notes Exist - See Below

Original Author: Carrie Brezine
Museum: Museo Temple Radicati
Museum Number: 6
Provenance: Unknown
Region: Santa
Total Number of Cords: 370
Number of Ascher Cord Colors: 21
Benford Match: 0.855
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Datafile: UR087

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Khipu Notes

This khipu is part of a set (UR087, UR088, UR089, UR090, UR091, UR092) that were analyzed by Manual Medrano in his article Toward the Decipherment of a Set of Mid-Colonial Khipus from the Santa Valley, Coastal Peru.

1. Top cords. Top cords are fastened through the pendant attachments (diagram on field notes). The doubled end of the top cord is passed through the half-hitches of the pendants; the free end of the top cord is then passed through its doubled end. In the final configuration, the doubled end of the top cord may be pointing towards the left (dbld end went through from L to R) or right (dbld end went through from R to L). These are designated, respectively, R and L, the R to be distinguished from the R meaning recto.
2. Markers. Markers on this khipu are short lengths of cotton cord, same construction as pendants, attached the same way as pendants, but pointing upwards in the same direction as the top cords.

Primary Cord Notes:The cord has three components: 2 of GG -AB, one of KB - AB. These three are plied together to create the final cord. The borla is of red and yellow camelid, approx. 2.0 cm long. From 2.0 to 3.5 the primary cord is wrapped with thread.
The cord has three components: 2 of GG -AB, one of KB - AB. These three are plied together to create the final cord. The borla is of red and yellow camelid, approx. 2.0 cm long. From 2.0 to 3.5 the primary cord is wrapped with thread.