KT
Archive of Touch
c.1400–1533 Andean tally system fiber ledger
counted by color, read by touch

Data held in knots

A dark camelid-wool ground carries ochre, sienna, and indigo cords: each row a measured archive of tribute, census, and memory.

tribute 046
census 128
storehouse 317
ground deep chocolate umber, never pale wool
signal ochre-gold reserved for the primary cord
logic soft intervals replace a hard table grid
This is the Inca Quipu Knot-Cord design system, applied by Curio Design — a design-style library for AI agents. Full Inca Quipu Knot-Cord guide → designbycurio.com/learn/inca-quipu-knotcord