UR1108/KH0122 - Catalog Information

Section Information
Statistics:
Original Name:   AS108
Original Author:  Marcia & Robert Ascher
Museum:  Museum für Völkerkunde, Berlin, Germany
Museum Number:  VA16143
Provenance:  Unknown
Region:  Between Ica and Pisco 		# of Cords:   42 (34p 8s)
# of Unique Cord Colors:  4
Benford Match:  0.7467
# Ascher Sums (pps, ips, cps, sps,...):  2 (2, 0, 0, 0,...)
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Pendant Pendant Sum
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UR1108
Notes:
Ascher Databook Notes:
  1. This khipu is one of several acquired by the Museum in 1904 with provenance between Ica and Pisco. For a discussion of them, see UR1098.
  2. By spacing, there are 17 pairs of pendants. In each pair, the first is W and the second LB.
  3. The values on the pendants and subsidiaries are all 0-5 with 1 exception. The exception is a value of 17.
  4. The number 17 is prominent on this khipu. There are 17 pairs of pendants; the value 17 is the exception to the range of values; prior to the value 17 (on pendant 13), there are a total of 17 pendant and subsidiary cords; and after the value 17 (on pendant 13), the sum of the values on the second pendant in each pair is 17.