UR1108/KH0122 - Pendant Pendant Sums
Drawings:
Right Handed Sums: # Sums = 1, Max # Summands = 10, (Min, Mean, Max) Sum Values = (17, 17, 17)
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Left Handed Sums: # Sums = 1, Max # Summands = 8, (Min, Mean, Max) Sum Values = (17, 17, 17)
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Right Handed Sum Detail: - Click on column name to sort
# | Color | Sum Schema | Sum Cord | Sum Cord Value | # Summands | Summands |
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1 | p137, 1 : 17W | 17 | 10 | p15: 1W + p16: 5LB + p17: 1W + p18: 3LB + p19: 1W + p20: 2LB + p21: 2W + p22: 0LB + p23: 0W + p24: 2LB |
Left Handed Sum Detail: - Click on column name to sort
# | Color | Sum Schema | Sum Cord | Sum Cord Value | # Summands | Summands |
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1 | p137, 1 : 17W | 17 | 8 | p3: 3W + p4: 0LB + p5: 4W + p6: 0LB + p7: 3W + p8: 3LB + p9: 1W + p10: 3LB |
Khipu Notes:
Ascher Databook Notes:
- This khipu is one of several acquired by the Museum in 1904 with provenance between Ica and Pisco. For a discussion of them, see UR1098.
- By spacing, there are 17 pairs of pendants. In each pair, the first is W and the second LB.
- The values on the pendants and subsidiaries are all 0-5 with 1 exception. The exception is a value of 17.
- The number 17 is prominent on this khipu. There are 17 pairs of pendants; the value 17 is the exception to the range of values; prior to the value 17 (on pendant 13), there are a total of 17 pendant and subsidiary cords; and after the value 17 (on pendant 13), the sum of the values on the second pendant in each pair is 17.