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A cord hanging from the main line.
Also known as: Pendant cord, Hanging cord quipu
The Andean knot record's primary hanging cord, each carrying one number read from its knots.
Carries one number, read from the knots along its length.
Contexts: Mathematics, History
Order along the primary cord carries meaning, so a quipu is a table rather than a list: the cord's position is its column heading and no label is written anywhere.
Contexts: Mathematics, History
A spun line hanging vertically from a thicker horizontal primary cord, knotted at intervals along its length.