Communication media historically used in the region of Andean South America.
Sinònims
Examples for "kipu"
Examples for "kipu"
1The Peruvian quipos were I suppose an improvement upon this simple invention.
2And four attendants had approached the throne, bearing a frame of quipos.
3He means that you are to judge us by the quipos.
4Harry and I were prisoners before the bar of the quipos!
5By her hand he meant the quipos to speak.
1The "quipu," a knotted reckoning-cord, was in use in Peru and in China.
2The word quipu, indeed, signifies a knot.
3Quipu: Knotted, parti-colored strings used by the ancient Peruvians to keep records.