Quipu

This is a hybrid quipu, combining both administrative and narrative elements. The primary cord indicates that it is complete, with the short end knot on the left signifying the beginning of the cord registry and the long dangle cord on the right denoting the end. Like the nearby administrative quipu, it has tiers of knots, but they do not follow the traditional knot-space-knot format, and the descending order of knot types is not in a logical numeric sequence. In addition, many of the long knots are longer (more than nine twists) than those on decimal quipus, suggesting that this example may have had both an administrative and a narrative function. Knots with more than nine twists may signify an object or an activity, rather than a number.
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