UR1033D/KH0038

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Khipu Notes Exist - See Below

Original Name: AS033D
Original Author: Marcia & Robert Ascher
Museum: Peabody Museum, Harvard University
Museum Number: 41.52.30/293B
Provenance: Unknown
Region: Unknown
Total Number of Cords: 25
Number of Ascher Cord Colors: 3
Benford Match: 0.920
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Datafile: UR1033D

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Khipu Notes

Ascher Databook Notes:
  1. Construction note: Pendants 1 and 2 are tied to the end of the main cord.
  2. Construction note: Pendants 3 and 4 are linked together by pendant 3 being tied around pendant 4.
  3. This khipu is part of the collection of 7 connected khipus numbered UR1033A-UR1033G.
  4. After the first 5 pendants, there are 10 groups of 2 pendants each by spacing.
    Each group has a W pendant and an R pendant.
    Groups 2-9 are R, W, while groups 1 and 10 are W, R.
  5. The values on the pendants in the 10 groups are 0-6.
  6. Pendant 1 is W and its value is the sum of the W pendants in groups 1-10.
    Pendant 2 is R, and its value is the sum of the R pendants in groups 1-10.
  7. Pendant 5 is the sum of pendants 3 and 4.