Calculations with years and months in the Peruvian quipus / by Erland Nordenskiöld.

  • Erland Nordenskiöld
Date:
[1925]
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Credit: Calculations with years and months in the Peruvian quipus / by Erland Nordenskiöld. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The sum of the numbers on all the H cords is The sum of the numbers on all the B cords is The sum of the numbers on all the white cords is The sum of the numbers on all reddish brown cords is 291=3x97 104=2 x52 291=3x97 102=6x17 The sum of the numbers on all yellow brown cords is 2 The sum of the numbers on the cords in the whole quipu is 395. 395=365 -f 30 i. e. 1 year and 1 month. 395 is also=397—2. This quipu shows some resemblances with the foregoing one. 7 again plays an important part. Note that here the sum of the numbers on the B-cords is 104=2x52. The sum of all the num¬ bers in Quipu 15 is 1275=3x365-{-6x30=11 x 116—1 The sum of all the numbers in Quipu 16 is 395=1 X365+1 x30=397—2 An attempt may possibly have been made to express the apparent revolutions of Mercury and Jupiter as nearly as possible in solar years and months. Astronomical Numbers in the Quipus. QUIPU 9. The sum of the numbers in the whole quipu is 4256= 16 x30-f 128 x29.5 on all the brown (one-coloured) H cords and their B cords: 3650=10 *365
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