 ... its own significance. Red strands stood for soldiers, yellow for gold, white for silver, green for corn, and so forth, while a single knot meant ten, two single knots meant twenty, double knots one hundred, and two double knots two hundred. Such simple...  The Story of the Alphabet - Page 37de Edward Clodd - 1915 - 209 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Mary Elizabeth Thompson - 1911 - 136 pages
...of the mnemonic are the "quipus" or knotted cords, still used by the Puna herdsmen of the Peruvian used for keeping the annals of the empire of the Incas, for sending orders, for preserving records of the dead, as in old Egypt, etc. At the present time small... | |
 | William Anton Smith - 1922 - 300 pages
...manifold purposes. Besides their convenience in reckoning, they were used for keeping the annals for the empire of the Incas ; for transmitting orders...set forth in hieroglyph and deposited in the tomb.' The notched stick also had a wide geographical distribution and appears to have served much the same... | |
 | William Anton Smith - 1922 - 300 pages
...manifold purposes. Besides their convenience in reckoning, they were used for keeping the annals for the empire of the Incas ; for transmitting orders...were set forth in hieroglyph and deposited in the tomb.1 The notched stick also had a wide geographical distribution and appears to have served much... | |
 | Hohepa Te Rake, Ettie Annie Rout - 1926 - 412 pages
...thinner cords of different colours, each cord being knotted in divers ways for special purposes, and each colour having its own significance. Red strands stood...in the tomb. Quoting from Von Tschudi's Peru, Dr. (now Sir) EB Tylor says that each town had its officer, whose special function was to tie and interpret... | |
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