Quipu
Appearance
Quipu Khipu | |
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![]() Close up of a quipu cords and knots. | |
Script type | Undeciphered
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Time period | c. 800 CE – c. 1900 CE |
Region | Andean South America |
Quipu are ancient Andean tools for recording information. They were most famously used by the Inca Empire.
Quipu are made from colored strings which are knotted in different ways. The strings are usually made from cotton or camelid fiber. The knots tied on quipu strings are often used to encode numbers.
The word "quipu" comes from a Quechua word meaning 'knot' or 'to knot'.[1]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Urton, Gary (2003). Signs of the Inka Khipu: Binary Coding in the Andean Knotted-String Records. University of Texas Press. doi:10.7560/785397. ISBN 978-0-292-78539-7.