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Turns counted to give the digit.
Also known as: Long knot, Multi-turn knot
The Andean knot record's multi-turn knot, whose number of turns gives the value of the units position.
Gives the digit of the units position by the number of turns in the knot.
Contexts: Mathematics, History
Used only in the units position, which means the knot type identifies the position as much as the position identifies the value — a redundancy that lets a broken quipu still be partly read.
Contexts: Mathematics, History
A knot of between two and nine loops wound around itself into a short cylinder, tied at the lowest point on the cord.