AS178/KH0195 - Ascher Decreasing Group
Drawings:
Ascher Decreasing Group:
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Individual Ascher Decreasing Groups: - Click on column name to sort
| # | Decreasing Group Schema | Group Position 1 Based Index |
# Cords in Group | Decreasing Cord Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 |  | 7 | 4 | W@[7, 1]:18 + B@[7, 2]:4 + LB@[7, 3]:5 + KB@[7, 4]:0 |
Khipu Notes:
Ascher Databook Notes:
- Construction note: The khipu is made of animal hair.
- This is one of several khipu acquired by the Museum in 1907 with provenance near Lima. For a discussion of them, see UR1130.
- By spacing, there is 1 pendant cord and 7 groups of 4 pendants each. The first 3 groups are separated f rom the last 4 groups.
- Each group has the same color pattern: W, B, LB, KB.
- The values in the last 4 groups are all 0-18, while the values in the first 3 groups are 10-70.
- The value on pendant 1 is the order of magnitude of the sum of the values in group 1. The values in group 1 are the order of magnitude of the sums of values in the corresponding positions in the last 4 groups. Too many cords are brokento know the relationship of the values with certainty.