MM005 - Pendant Pendant Sums
Drawings:
Right Handed Sums: # Sums = 1, Max # Summands = 19, (Min, Mean, Max) Sum Values = (20, 20, 20)
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Left Handed Sums: # Sums = 1, Max # Summands = 19, (Min, Mean, Max) Sum Values = (20, 20, 20)
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Right Handed Sum Detail: - Click on column name to sort
| # | Color | Sum Schema | Sum Cord | Sum Cord Value | # Summands | Summands |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | p41, 4 : 20AB | 20 | 19 | p12: 10YB:MB + p13: 0YB:PG + p14: 0YB:PG + p15: 0YB:PG + p16: 0AB + p17: 0W:MB + p18: 0W:YB + p19: 0W:YB + p20: 0W:YB + p21: 0AB + p22: 0W:YB + p23: 0W:YB + p24: 0GL:MB + p25: 0GL:MB + p26: 0W:YB + p27: 0W:MB + p28: 0W:MB + p29: 0GL:MB + p30: 10GL:MB |
Left Handed Sum Detail: - Click on column name to sort
| # | Color | Sum Schema | Sum Cord | Sum Cord Value | # Summands | Summands |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | p353, 15 : 20W:YB | 20 | 19 | p12: 10YB:MB + p13: 0YB:PG + p14: 0YB:PG + p15: 0YB:PG + p16: 0AB + p17: 0W:MB + p18: 0W:YB + p19: 0W:YB + p20: 0W:YB + p21: 0AB + p22: 0W:YB + p23: 0W:YB + p24: 0GL:MB + p25: 0GL:MB + p26: 0W:YB + p27: 0W:MB + p28: 0W:MB + p29: 0GL:MB + p30: 10GL:MB |
Khipu Notes:
Museum Notes
Museum Name: Museum am Rothenbaum, Kulturen und Kunste der Welt (MARKK), Hamburg. Formerly Museum fur Volkerkunde (at time of data recording)
Provenance: Unknown. From MARKK's offsite external collection, discovered by museum collector after Dr. C. Scott Ananian's visit to the museum in 2012.
Museum Description: One of three khipus in the museum collections (two of which are on display; MM06 is not on display). Rests on acid-free paper in cardboard container. Kept together with acid-free paper wrapped bundle of loose pendants. Pendants aren't recorded, just photographed. Did not try to untangle the fragments, given risk of cord disintegration. The artifact is a khipu fragment with very tightly spaced cotton pendants, many of which are broken near the primary cord. It is very difficult to see the primary cord, with the exception of a small exposed 0.5cm region along the primary cord. Pendant breakage becomes more pronounded moving from left to right.
Cord Notes
3: Foreign clump of material (likely cotton; 1.25cm long) adhered to pendant at 19.5cm
All khipus I have studied are currently designated "MM", following convention in the field (and until a more suitable replacement convention is agreed upon)
(Manuel Medrano)