Tall View Khipu Notes Exist - See Below OKR Name: KH0118 Original Author: Marcia & Robert Ascher Museum: Ethnologisches Museum, Berlin, Germany Museum Number: VA42527 Provenance: Central Coast, Peru Region: Pachacamac Total Number of Cords: 21Number of Ascher Cord Colors: 1Benford Match: 0.735Similar Khipu:  Previous  Next

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Khipu Notes

Ascher Databook Notes:
1. This is one of several khipus acquired by the Museum in 1907 with provenance Pachacamac. For a list of the others, see UR1097.
2. This khipu is also discussed by Nordenskiold(see Introduction).
3. The values on the pendants in the first group differ, in order of magnitude, from the pendants in the other 3 groups. With one exception, the values in group 1 are 18000-37000, while the values in groups 2-4 are 1300-3400.
4. Some values in the first group and some values in the first position of later groups are related to other values by additive multiples of 100. Specifically:
$P_{14}\;=\;P_{16}+5300\;=\;P_{33}+22000$
$P_{16}\;=\;P_{33}+16700$
$P_{11}\;=\;P_{42}+1200\;=\;P_{44}+1900$
$P_{21}\;=\;P_{35}+600$
$P_{31}\;=\;P_{41}+400$

Primary Cord Notes:
Main cord consists of "Br:W S-plyed yarns which are Z-wrapped by Br:W yarns"