UR1179/KH0196

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Khipu Notes Exist - See Below

Original Name: AS179
Original Author: Marcia & Robert Ascher
Museum: Museum für Völkerkunde, Berlin
Museum Number: VA47123
Provenance: Unknown
Region: Ica
Total Number of Cords: 28
Number of Ascher Cord Colors: 8
Benford Match: 0.832
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Datafile: UR1179

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Khipu Notes

Ascher Databook Notes:
  1. This is one of several khipus acquired by the Museum in 1907 with provenance Ica. For a list of them, see UR1100.
  2. By spacing, the khipu is separated into 2 parts. The first part has 6 groups of 2-4 pendants each, and the second part has 4 groups of 3 pendants each.
  3. The first 3 groups of part 2 have the same color pattern: BB:W, W, W.