UR1108/KH0122
Original Name: AS108 Original Author: Marcia & Robert Ascher Museum: Museum für Völkerkunde, Berlin Museum Number: VA16143 Provenance: Unknown Region: Between Ica and Pisco |
Total Number of Cords: 42 Number of Ascher Cord Colors: 3 Similar Khipu: Previous (UR1143) Next (UR1162A) Catalog: UR1108 Khipu Notes: Khipu Notes |
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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.