Davenport, Cyril, 1848-1941 · London : Constable · leaf 24
provincial keeperswere called Quipu Camayas, and the records theykept were mainly statistics concerning the people of theirdistricts. The knots were arranged either on a strongpiece of cord or upon a stick, and formed a sort of fringe;the word Quipu means a knot. According to the posi-tion of the… … Fig. 8.—Peruvian Quipu. 12 THE BOOK: ITS HISTOEY AND DEVELOPMENT. could be made by skilled interpreters of Quipus. Littleis really known as to that, but it is suggested by competentobservers that, for instance, red meant war, yellow meantgold, white meant peace, and silver. But this is…
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