UR1124 Detail 1/KH0139 - Catalog Information

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Original Name:   AS124 Detail 1
Original Author:  Marcia & Robert Ascher
Museum:  Museum für Völkerkunde, Berlin, Germany
Museum Number:  VA24371
Provenance:  Unknown
Region:  Marquez

# of Cords:   28 (23p 5s)
# of Unique Cord Colors:  4
Benford Match:  0.9605
# Ascher Sums (pps, ips, cps, sps,...):  0 (0, 0, 0, 0,...)
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UR1124 Detail 1/KH0139

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UR1124 Detail 1

Notes:

1. The khipu is attached to a carved piece of wood. The wood has 8 holes through which the khipu is threaded. Fig 1 shows the way in which the khipu is attached. Fig 2 show more details. (See Ascher and Ascher 1987:815)
2. This is one of several khipus acquired by the Museum in 1899 with the provenance "Marquez". This group includes UR1106, UR1107, UR1124, AS132, and AS133. See UR1106 for a comparison.
See Fig 1 also for attachment of this khipu to UR1124 (1000080)