UR1033A/KH0035
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Original Name: AS033A Original Author: Marcia & Robert Ascher Museum: Peabody Museum, Harvard University Museum Number: 41.52.30/293B Provenance: Unknown Region: Unknown |
Total Number of Cords: 12 Number of Ascher Cord Colors: 3 Similar Khipu: Previous (AS013) Next (AS043) Catalog: UR1033A Khipu Notes: Khipu Notes |
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Khipu Notes
Ascher Databook Notes:
- Construction note: R/W does not represent R joined to W. The color R alternately appears and disappears on the single cord.
- A photograph of AS033 is in Ascher (1975).
- Khipu UR1033A-UR1033G form a collection of 7 khipus that were connected together. The main cords of UR1033A, UR1033E, and UR1033G were tied together to form a circle.
Suspended from them were their own pendant cords and the khipus numbered UR1033B, UR1033C, UR1033D, and UR1033F. The connections were complex. - The colors used in the collection show some similarity. GG appears only on UR1033B, LC appears only on UR1033C, and BB appears only on UR1033E.
However, AB, AB/W, or AB:W appear on UR1033A and B, E, F, G; R or R/W appears on UR1033A and B, D, G; and CB appears on UR1033A and G. - The khipus in the collection share the following features: groups separated by space, uniform in size, united by color pattern, and with low values.
- UR1033B-6 groups of 3, color consistent with position, values 2-10.
- UR1033C--7 groups of 2, color consistent with position, values 0-3.
- UR1033D--10 groups of 2, color related to position, values 0-6; higher values on sum cords (16, 30, 24, 36, 60).
- UR1033E-2 groups of 2, values 0-4; some higher values (32, 47).
- UR1033F--2 groups of 10, color consistent with position, values 3-14; sum cord (47).
- UR1033G--2 groups, colors same within each group, values 0-13; and two other cords with higher values (10, 22, 35, 37).
- The higher values on UR1033E and G could be related to sums of values on other khipus as follows. The values: