KH0051 (UR1040, AS040)

Aliases: UR1040, AS040
Contributors: Marcia & Robert Ascher
Museum: Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Antropología e Historia del Perú
Museum Number: unnumbered
Provenance: Unknown
Region: Unknown 		# of Groups & Cords: 3 Groups, 45 Cords - (27p, 18s)
# of Ascher Cord Colors: 2
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Catalog: KH0051
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Ascher Databook Notes:
  1. There are 3 groups of 9 pendants each by spacing. Each group has the same color pattern and is divided into subgroups by color: 3W followed by 6LB. Within each of the 3 groups, positions 2 and 3 have no subsidiaries, and position 1 has 1 subsidiary. Subsidiaries in position 1 are W, and the subsidiaries in positions 4-9 are LB. Hence, W pendants have W subsidiaries, and LB pendants have LB subsidiaries.
  2. The 27 pendant values range from O to 108. Many are repeated more than once: 0 is present 3 times; 23 twice; 40 twice; 46 three times; 63 three times; and 64 twice. So, in all, there are 18 different values. All 8 values that are 63 or above can be represented as the sum of two other pendant values and all 8 values 51 or below can be part of such an addition. Also, in both Groups 1 and 2: P4+PS+P8 = P7