AK001
Original Author:
Saoirse Byrne, Di Hu & Ashok Khosla
Museum: Private Collection Museum Number: 52290 Provenance: Unknown Region: Unknown |
Total Number of Cords: 39 Number of Ascher Cord Colors: 6 Similar Khipu: Previous (UR107) Next (UR032) Catalog: AK001 Khipu Notes: Khipu Notes |
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Khipu Notes
Fieldguide Notes:
This khipu was part of the Maiman collection, a set of khipus gathered from deaccesioning of the Haifa museum as well as other sources. Another khipu in the collection is referenced in Bat-ami Artzi's article The Secret of the Knot: Khipu No. 936 from the Maiman Collection. The collection is also described in the book Weaving the AfterLife.
The khipu has the following notable features:
![AK001 Photograph](https://www.khipufieldguide.com/sketchbook/images/photographs/AK001_Small.jpg)
This khipu was part of the Maiman collection, a set of khipus gathered from deaccesioning of the Haifa museum as well as other sources. Another khipu in the collection is referenced in Bat-ami Artzi's article The Secret of the Knot: Khipu No. 936 from the Maiman Collection. The collection is also described in the book Weaving the AfterLife.
The khipu has the following notable features:
- Appears to be a low-level mostly banded khipu, of good construction.
- Many plied cords, low-magnitude knots/cords, and a predominance of banding indicating a low level khipu.
- A looped set of pendant cords at the right, whose values are the sum of cords to the left (Left-handed sums). The leftmost looped pendant is a white cord, whose sum is the next two white pendants.
![AK001 Photograph](https://www.khipufieldguide.com/sketchbook/images/photographs/AK001_Small.jpg)