AS173/KH0190 - Catalog Information

Section Information
Statistics:
Original Author:  Marcia & Robert Ascher
Museum:  Museum für Völkerkunde, Berlin, Germany
Museum Number:  VA16145A
Provenance:  Unknown
Region:  Between Ica and Pisco 		# of Cords:   15 (13p 2s)
# of Unique Cord Colors:  4
Benford Match:  0.8974
# Ascher Sums (pps, ips, cps, sps,...):  2 (1, 0, 0, 0,...)
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   AS173/KH0190
Pendant Pendant Sum
Ascher Decreasing Group
DataFile:
AS173
Notes:
Ascher Databook Notes:
  1. This is one of several khipus acquired by the Museum in 1904 with provenance between Ica and Pisco. For a discussion of them, see UR1098.
  2. By spacing there are 3 groups of 2, 6, and 5 pendants respectively. All pendants in group 2 are of the same color.
  3. Several pendants have multiple unit knots so that there may be as many as 3 distinct values in a position. (See, for example, P12.)
  4. The last 3 pendants in group 3 are united by being the same color. The value of the first pendant in the group is the sum of the values of these last 3 pendants.