UR1117/KH0131 - Catalog Information

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Original Name:   AS117
Original Author:  Marcia & Robert Ascher
Museum:  Museum für Völkerkunde, Berlin, Germany
Museum Number:  VA47118
Provenance:  Unknown
Region:  Ica

# of Cords:   11 (11p)
# of Unique Cord Colors:  4
Benford Match:  0.8466
# Ascher Sums (pps, ips, cps, sps,...):  0 (0, 0, 0, 0,...)
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UR1117/KH0131

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UR1117

Notes:

Ascher Databook Notes:

This is one of several khipus acquired by the Museum in 1907 with provenance Ica. For a list of them, see UR1100.
Some values on the khipu are sums of values on later consecutive pendants. Namely:

P₁ = P₃ + P₄
P₄ = P₅ + P₆
P₆ = P₉ + P₁₀ + P₁₁
P₇ = P₈ + P₉ + P₁₀ + P₁₁

One value is the sum of the squares of values on later consecutive pendants:

$P_{2} = \sum_{i = 4}^{11} P_{i}^{2}$