KH0118 (UR1104, AS104, UR224)

Aliases: UR1104, AS104, UR224
Contributors: Marcia & Robert Ascher
Museum: Ethnologisches Museum
Museum Number: VA42527
Provenance: Pachacamac
Region: Central Coast, Peru 		# of Groups & Cords: 4 Groups, 21 Cords - 21p
# of Ascher Cord Colors: 2
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Catalog: KH0118
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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 KH0110.
  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:
    \[ P_{14}\;=\;P_{16}+5300\;=\;P_{33}+22000 \]
    \[ P_{16}\;=\;P_{33}+16700 \]
    \[ P_{11}\;=\;P_{42}+1200\;=\;P_{44}+1900 \]
    \[ P_{21}\;=\;P_{35}+600 \]
    \[ P_{31}\;=\;P_{41}+400 \]