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More than 400 pendants hang from the primary cord
of a khipu, an example of the complex record-keeping
system used throughout the Inka Empire and beyond,
even well into the 20th century.
SAM OGDEN, KHIPU GIFT OF ROBERT WOODS BLISS AND PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD
COLLEGE, PEABODY MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY, PM# 42-28-30/4532
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