Method used by Inca messengers to record and transmit information encoded as knots tied in colored string. The definitive text reference seems to be The Code of the Quipu: A Study in Media, Mathematics and Culture, by Marcia and Robert Ascher (Michigan University Press, 1982).SEE ALSO some quick WWW references:
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