# The six Santa Valley khipus

> Matched cord by cord to the 1670 Spanish census of San Pedro de Corongo, the closest thing to a bilingual text for khipus.

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**ART** 0D4V89W253Z2·Artifact · object

# The six Santa Valley khipus

PhotographCC BY-SA 4.0Mid-colonial; linked to a 1670 revisita

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The six Santa Valley khipus: photo

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Matched cord by cord to the 1670 Spanish census of San Pedro de Corongo, the closest thing to a bilingual text for khipus.

TaphonomyMan, 1670. CC BY-SA 4.0

## Copies 3

**Document** Manuel Medrano and Gary Urton · doi.org · 2018 · publisherPrimary source: [Toward the Decipherment of a Set of Mid-Colonial Khipus from the Santa Valley, Coastal Peru](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D4V7R1R6YP6/toward-the-decipherment-of-a-set-of-mid-colonial-khipus-from)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://doi.org/10.1215/00141801-4260638)

**Photo** TaphonomyMan · commons.wikimedia.org · 2023-06-29 · CC BY-SA 4.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Santa_Valley_Quipu_in_the_Lima_Art_Museum.jpg)[Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/3c2a944f86c5220db8bdc18d1b3782c5443d3663507e08260373c9d1b7c773a3)

**Picture** TaphonomyMan · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 4.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Santa_Valley_Quipu_in_the_Lima_Art_Museum.jpg)

## Where it was made

[San Pedro de Corongo, Santa valley](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D4V7VF459MT/san-pedro-de-corongo-santa-valley) · Colonial town

## Sources 1

- [Toward the Decipherment of a Set of Mid-Colonial Khipus from the Santa Valley, Coastal Peru](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D4V7R1R6YP6/toward-the-decipherment-of-a-set-of-mid-colonial-khipus-from)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The six Santa Valley khipus [Artifact ART0D4V89W253Z2]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D4V89W253Z2
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Key

**ART** 0D4V89W253Z2

Kind

Object

Held by

unknown (said to come from a burial in the Santa Valley)

Dated

mid-colonial; linked to a 1670 revisita

Licence

CC BY-SA 4.0

Place

[San Pedro de Corongo, Santa valley](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D4V7VF459MT/san-pedro-de-corongo-santa-valley)

Part of

[Inka khipus: the knotted-cord records](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/khipu)

The record

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