Title: Brown and red string

 

Dimensions (cm): 32x19x0.5

 

Artist: Karl Pahl-Duffy

 

Editor:  Donald La Barre

 

Region: Oceania & Asia

 

Description:

The Incan Empire used khipus to record data until its fall in the 16th century c.e. The knots along the cords are carefully placed to represent numbers. Different coloured wool was sourced and knotted to communicate and record the data of a khipu.