KH0120 (UR1106, AS106)

Aliases: UR1106, AS106
Contributors: Gary Urton
Museum: Museum für Völkerkunde
Museum Number: VA24370(A)
Provenance: Marquez
Region: Unknown 		# of Groups & Cords: 13 Groups, 55 Cords - (50p, 5s)
# of Ascher Cord Colors: 7
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Catalog: KH0120
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Khipu Notes

Ascher Databook Notes:
  1. The khipu is threaded through a wooden bar. Figure 1 shows the way it is attached to the bar and Figure 2 shows details of the bar itself.
  2. This is one of several khipus acquired by the Museum in 189 9 with provenance Marquez. The group includes KH00116, KH00117, KH0138, KH00142, and KH00143. For a comparison of them, see #4 below.
  3. By the manner of attachment to the bar, pendants 1-30 are separated into 4 groups of 9, 8, 7, and 6 pendants. With the excep tion of the second pendant in group 1, the groups have the same basic color order but with some positions non-existent in the smaller groups. The color order is: YB, BS: 0B, LB, YB, LB, YG, BS, LB, 0B. The non-existent positions are the last in the second group, the 4th and last in the third group, and the 3rd, 6th, and 7th in the fourth group.
  4. Comparison of KH00116, KH00117, KH0138, KH00142, KH00143:
    1. KH00116 and KH00117 are designated by the same Museum number. KH00117 is loosely tied around the wooden bar through which KH00116 is threaded. The 4 cord colors used on KH00117 are 4 of the 5 colors used on KH00116.
    2. Each of KH00116 and KH0138 is threaded through a wooden bar.
    3. KH00142 and KH00143 are designated by the same Museum number. On each of them, the first cord is linked through the twisted end of the main cord.