OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 31731

quipu

/ˈki.pu/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
quipu
A recording device, used by the Incas, consisting of intricate knotted cords.
Among a cache of 21 quipus recovered from a house, probably that of the chief quipu keeper, seven are clearly related in a three-tier accounting hierarchy.
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