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| Notes: | The author's have chosen to use Pantone colors instead of Brezine colors, to more accurately map the colors found on the khipu.
Khipu Information
Located at the Stanford University Archaeology Collections (Object ID 80.1012), this khipu was probably collected by Jane Stanford and donated to the Stanford Museum before 1905.
The khipu was mounted backwards, and so it was read backwards from right to left. All cord length measurements are from top of primary cord Primary Cord Information
Beginning knotted with a 2.4 cm knot
Consists of two primary cords tied together. Beginning cord is 25cm long, 0.7 cm in thickness, ending cord is 16 cm long, 0.4 cm in thickness. Beginning Primary Cord Structure:3 plies, 2 RB, 1 White, individual plies Z twist. Each of individual plies is 2-ply Ending Primary Cord Structure of 2plies, mottled = each ply of two plies, s twist End of major primary cord has a folded end (and a knotted start) Ending primary cord looks like it is looped through primary cord. Ending primary cord is 4mm thick Cord Information
This appears to be a low-level banded khipu.
Many of the cords are broken and are missing their final long knot. There is a noticeable use of top cords as loop attachments All loop cords in this khipu are interpreted as top cord attachments One cord has a black hair in the white cord. Floating Cord in Group 5 mounted as cord 5 but different twist (Z)/thickness/color, indicates different cord. Terminal end is folded. Single knot , S-Twist, at 17.7. Ends at 18.7 with a single fold Group 6, Pendant 5, has a floating cord mounted next to it Photographs:
Photograph taken by Authors: Click on image to see larger
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