Quipu
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 Mar 1956
name: label: Donor Name
content: Colegio San Calixto
notes: label: Notes
content: TWO STRANDS OF WOOL TWISTED. LOOP WITH POTATO IN MIDDLE AND END.
label: Notes
content: Included with the specimen is a note in Spanish (source is not known): "Quippus triple. La patata blanca del medio se llama 'thunta,' que es la ordinaria pero que se la hace helar, teniendo en agua durante una semana o mas, a la intemperie." Translated: "Triple quipu. The white potato in the middle is called 'thunta,' which is the ordinary type [of potato], which they freeze, leaving it in water for a week or more out in the open."
label: Notes
content: Included with Catalogue No. E554323 is a note in Spanish (source is not known): "Los nudos gruesos valen 10 (diez), los delgados valen 1 (uno). Cuando hay dos hileras, la mayor significa lo producido; la menor, la cantidad vendida. Generalmente se ata al final el producto de que se trata; y a veces se ponen dos en la misma cuerda, pero es como si fueron dos cuentas aparte. Estos quippus son de la Isla del Sol de los años 1948 y 1949." Translated: "The big knots are worth ten, the smaller ones are worth one. When there are two threads, the larger one signifies what is produced; the smaller one, the amount sold. Generally they tie the related product at the end; and sometimes they put two [counts?] on the same cord, but it is as if they were two separate accounts. These quipus/khipus are from the Isla del Sol from 1948 and 1949." While this note was found with E554323, it may be that the information in it applies also to E554322, 24, 26 and 27.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Lake Titicaca / Isla Del Sol, La Paz Department / Manco Kapac Province, Bolivia, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 213594
label: USNM Number
content: E554322-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Quipu
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 72 cm