UR1123/KH0137 - Catalog Information

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Statistics:
Original Name:   AS123
Original Author:  Marcia & Robert Ascher
Museum:  Museum für Völkerkunde, Berlin, Germany
Museum Number:  VA47085
Provenance:  Unknown
Region:  Ica 		# of Cords:   94 (70p 24s)
# of Unique Cord Colors:  10
Benford Match:  0.7657
# Ascher Sums (pps, ips, cps, sps,...):  15 (15, 0, 0, 0,...)
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Pendant Pendant Sum
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UR1123
Notes:
Ascher Databook Notes:
  1. This is one of several khipus acquired by the Museum in 1907 with provenance Ica. For a list of them, see UR1100.
  2. By color, the khipu is separated into 7 groups of 10 pendants each.
  3. In groups 6 and 7, there is one subsidiary on each pendant. Within each group, all the subsidiaries are the same color. In both groups, the last 5 subsidiaries are zero-valued (or blank).
  4. The sum of the values in group 3 is related to the sums of the other groups:
    1. The sum of the first 5 pendant values ≈ sum of the values on all pendants in group 6. (There is a discrepancy of 1.)
    2. The sum of the last 5 pendant values ≈ sum of the values on all pendants and subsidiaries in groups 2, 4, 5, and 7. (There is a discrepancy of 8.)