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Quipu facts for kids

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Quipu are ancient Inca tools for recording information. They are colored threads knotted in different ways.

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  • Quipo in the Museo Machu Picchu, Casa Concha, Cusco

    Quipu in the Museo Machu Picchu, Casa Concha, Cusco

  • Nueva corónica y buen gobierno (1936 facsimile) p360

    A quipucamayoc in El primer nueva corónica. On the lower left is a yupana – an Inca calculating device.

  • Quipu

    Representation of a quipu (1888)

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Quipu para niños

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