UR1084/KH0097
Original Name: AS084 Original Author: Marcia & Robert Ascher Museum: Musee Quai Branly, Paris, France Museum Number: 71.1930.19.470 Provenance: Unknown Region: Unknown |
Total Number of Cords: 319 Number of Ascher Cord Colors: 13 Similar Khipu: Previous (UR138) Next (QU012) Catalog: UR1084 Khipu Notes: Khipu Notes |
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Khipu Notes
Ashok Khosla's Notes:
Juliana Martins proposes that this is an astronomical khipu - see Martins
Ascher Databook Notes:
Juliana Martins proposes that this is an astronomical khipu - see Martins
Ascher Databook Notes:
- The finishing knot on P10 is knotted around P11. Thus, the end of P10 is tied to P11 at 5. 5 cm. from the bottom of P11.
- Small spaces on the main cord appear between some adjacent pendants. The darkened color of the main cord at those points, leads us to assume that a pendant was present but is now missing. These hypothetical pendants are included in the listing but designated as missing.
- By spacing, the khipu is separated into 25 groups but ends with a break in the main cord at the middle of the 25th group. A marker on the main cord separates the first 15 groups from the last 10 groups.
- At first glance, the groups seem to vary in size and color pattern. However, when viewed as groups of 15 pendants with some positions non-existent in each group, the colors and values are repetitions. The 25 groups of 15 pendants have been arranged in a rectangular table (see Table 1). A blank means the position is non-existent, an M is a missing pendant, and a ? indicates that the pendant is broken so the value is unknown. An unequal sign ≠has been used to mark a change in color. Where there is no color change, but just a color anomaly, the value has been grouped with parentheses i.e. (39). Observe from the table that although similarities remain, there are decided differences between part 1 (groups 1-15) and part 2 (groups 16-26). Also, within part 1, there are several changes after the 5th group and after the 12th group.
Table 1
Group Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1 1080 12 22 100 40 23 33 65 33 12 11≠42 456 2 1091 ? 22 100 40 23 33 (76) 33 33 42 ? 3 1078 12 21 ? ? M 23 33 66 32 33 42 4 1069 12 22 ? 40 M 22 33 66 32 33 42 ?≠5 1077 (22) 22≠? 50≠M ≠22 32 66 32 33 43 ? 6 1078 12 100 50 222 22 33 () 32 33 42 ? 7 1179 12≠100 50 222 22 33 66 32 33 43 4?? 8 1089 12 100 50 M 22 33 66 32 33 42 4??≠9 1078 12 100 40 222 22 32 66 32 33 42 467 10 1087 (12) 100 40 222 22 32 () 22 33 42 11 1087 12 100 40 M 22 32 ? 32 44 42 12 1065 12 ≠100≠40 ≠? 22≠32≠M ≠3?≠(33) (42) - 13 912 11 0 100 (4?) 0 222 M 32 (66) 32 ? 32 14 1030 21 0 100 M≠0 222 32 32 66 32 ? ≠(42) 15 924 21 0 100 40 0 222 32 32 66 32 ? (M) 42 16 1356 12 200 10 (22) 32 32 M (20) ? 44 (0) 34 8?? 17 1164 (12) ? 200 6 22 21 11≠21 21 ? 31 (0) 22 18 1185 (25) ? (200) 10 (12) 22 22 ? 22 ? 23 ? 34 19 1015 13 43≠1?? 15 12 22 23 23 23 M 32≠? (34) 20 1575 14 ? 200 (7) 32 64 64 54 54 M 32 ? 22 21 1162 13 45 100 6 12 23 23 23 23 (?) 32 ? 31 22 1385 12 ? 100 10 22 43 34 3? 43 22 22 M 32 23 956 11 (?) 100 14 23 13 23 ? 13 (?) 22 (?) 22 ? 24 996 10 0 200 6 ? 23 23 ? 22 ? 22 25 997 11 0 200 10 12